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Cover to Smart Baseball by Keith Law.
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: Smart Baseball

I’m a relatively new convert to the sabermetrics side of baseball. I know it may seem at times, based on my writing at least, that I am someone who is deeply entrenched in the sabermetric world. I’d like to think I’m someone who has slowly been able to immerse himself into sabermetrics and gain a […]

Posted on June 25, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Los Angeles Dodgers decorate their mound for Pride Day.
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 06-24-2019

Ryan Thomure – Cubs Insider: There’s never been a time in my life when I didn’t think of a baseball field as a good place to be. I’ve never gone to a baseball field and felt unwelcome, and that includes going to other teams games in Chicago Cubs gear from time to time. Baseball is […]

Posted on June 24, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Félix Pié batting for Bravos de León.
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Cubbies Thriving in Mexico

There are two things I believe I am well known for in baseball circles, loving the Chicago Cubs and pushing hard for others to pay attention to unaffiliated pro leagues. There are times when those two areas co-exist, and I get quite giddy when that happens for a good reason. Right now my love of […]

Posted on June 21, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comments(4)
Pan Wei-Lun on the mound for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions.
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Father Time Held in Reserve

There was a time when Pan Wei-Lun was one of the most dominant pitchers in the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Over the course of his seventeen-year career, all spent with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, he has managed an ERA of 3.22. Knowing that he has now had four seasons with an ERA above the 4.50 […]

Posted on June 20, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
A player running out of the batter's box in a Japan Women's Baseball League game.
Who to Follow

Who to Follow: Australasia

I am a huge fan of unaffiliated, or independent, professional baseball. This is, no doubt, rooted in a heavy anti-authority streak that causes me to want to root against the Goliath of organized baseball that is Major League Baseball and it’s less Goliathy but still damn humongous son, Minor League Baseball. Well, not root against, […]

Posted on June 19, 2019February 10, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comments(3)

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