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Three Batter Minimum: The Future

I’ve been writing far more opinion-driven articles lately. One of those articles specifically deals with the various methods we used to play baseball growing up. Needless to say, every group of friends had their own brand of baseball with varying surfaces used as fields, different rules, and a wide swath of items that were used […]

Posted on April 17, 2020April 11, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Three Batter Minimum: Wake Up

The phrase woke isn’t one I use all that often. It’s not that I don’t agree with the concept, rather it’s not a part of my lexicon. I am aware that in my everyday and online life I am someone who would be viewed as a woke individual. That’s not meant to be a badge […]

Posted on April 14, 2020April 11, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Three Batter Minimum: A Jumbo Triple Play

The unexpected plays a large role in my baseball fandom. One of the reasons I gravitated so hard towards loving baseball was the suddenness of unexpected plays or moments that happen during games. I never truly experienced this while watching other sports. I’m not sure why because clearly there are moments in other sports that […]

Posted on February 14, 2020February 7, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Three Batter Minimum: What’s Up, Y’all?

I’ve been writing for Baseball Prospectus’ Short Relief for a little over a year now. Unfortunately, Short Relief is being shuttered this week. I think the writing that took place for Short Relief is very important. To that end, I’m going to continue the same sort of Short Relief articles on this site. Usually less […]

Posted on January 30, 2020January 25, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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