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Jerry Reinsdorf and Rob Manfred talking about more ways to destroy baseball
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This Week in Baseball: 05-25-2020

Michael Baumann – The Ringer: There are a number of issues with Major League Baseball playing in 2020. This site has discussed many of them and the online baseball community has hit this topic hard over the past few months. Clearly the topic hasn’t been hit hard enough because now MLB executives and team owners […]

Posted on May 25, 2020May 23, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Rob Manfred getting ready to screw baseball over in one way or another
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This Week in Baseball: 05-18-2020

Jerry Beach – Forbes: Every single day it seems like there is a news story or another that makes Major League Baseball seem like an organization of ghouls. This past week was no different. MLB shortening the amateur draft and reducing the signing bonuses for draftees is yet another example of MLB being the absolute […]

Posted on May 18, 2020May 17, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Scott Boras at a press conference
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This Week in Baseball: 05-11-2020

Daniel R. Epstein – Baseball FYI: Baseball Reference is a great hub for baseball information. For a long time, there has been one glaring omission from their Play Index feature, the ability to search for Negro major league results right alongside their white counterparts. I was hopeful that Play Index’s successor, Stathead, would rectify this […]

Posted on May 11, 2020May 10, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
John Fisher at a press conference
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This Week in Baseball: 05-04-2020

Noah Frank – Baseball Prospectus ($): Minor League Baseball is facing a daily assault on its very existence. Maybe this would have happened anyway, or maybe this is happening because of COVID-19. The pandemic has stopped MiLB from playing and left them vulnerable to vulturism from Major League Baseball and Rob Manfred. One thing is […]

Posted on May 4, 2020May 3, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
The Yakult Tokyo Swallows celebrate a victory
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This Week in Baseball: 04-27-2020

J.J. Cooper – Baseball America ($): We’ve known all along that The Houston Plan would become reality. It’s still sad to reach the point where reports are signaling that 42 Minor League Baseball teams are about to be contracted. It’s sad because baseball is part of the fabric of our lives. Not Major League Baseball […]

Posted on April 27, 2020April 25, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
January 18, 2021

Correct, tune in next time when I'll try to use a lesser known team. 😅

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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
January 18, 2021

Who can guess which unaffiliated team this hat belongs to?

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January 18, 2021

MLB tweeting this when the Player's Alliance specifically came about because of MLBs failures to redress, or even address, their long standing history of racism and contribution to the plight of communities of color the world over speaks volumes about MLB.

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