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Who to Follow: North America

Unaffiliated baseball in North America (for the purposes of the North American definition used here we are not including Mexico as the various Mexican leagues are part of the Latin  American sphere of baseball) can be a bit strange. I don’t mean that in a negative way, but unaffiliated baseball in North America is different […]

Posted on November 20, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comments(2)
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Who to Follow: Europe

It’s time to continue my journey through the people to follow when seeking out unaffiliated baseball coverage. This time out the area of play in question is Europe. There are a lot of baseball happenings throughout Europe. Baseball has become a sport on the rise in the majority of European countries. Being on the rise […]

Posted on September 4, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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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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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
May 17, 2022

Sadly, the Cubs as an org do not care and just view him as someone to be flipped.

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May 16, 2022

Kyle Martin continuing to absolutely rake.

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May 16, 2022

Say hello to Cheddar Cheese, the newest member of the family.

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