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Luke Wilkins pitching for the Chicago Dogs against the Cleburne Railroaders 07-28-2019
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The Current Baseball Talent Level

As a season ticket holder with the Milwaukee Milkmen I watch a lot of American Association baseball. Outside of Major League Baseball, it’s probably the league I watch the most baseball from these days. I’m a regular viewer of American Association TV and in general, find the league to be both a lot of fun […]

Posted on September 5, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Albert Almora Jr. makes a catch in the Wrigley Field outfield.
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The Slow Failure of Albert Almora Jr.

The state of Albert Almora Jr.’s 2019 campaign, if not his whole career, can be summed up in the experience of writing this article. I initially wanted to write about how odd it was that a talented contender like this years Chicago Cubs would continue to trot out a below replacement level player as much […]

Posted on August 20, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Cover of The Cooperstown Casebook by Jay Jaffe.
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: The Cooperstown Casebook

My issues with the National Baseball Hall of Fame have been well documented on this site. Those views haven’t changed, but I am a fan of Jay Jaffe’s writing for FanGraphs, and that made his book The Cooperstown Casebook an easy grab while perusing a local Half Price Books a few months back. I knew […]

Posted on August 15, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
A fielder for the High Desert Yardbirds.
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To Semi-Pro a Professional

Recently an article came across my phone that was talking about a team in the Pecos League abandoning their home field. The reasons made sense and the article hit that element just right. However, at some point, the writer chose to refer to the players on the High Desert Yardbirds as semi-pro. He didn’t say […]

Posted on August 7, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Zack Grienke on the mound for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 07-29-2019

Eno Sarris – The Athletic ($): All my life I was taught that pitching inside mattered. As a catcher in various youth leagues, coaches would instill in me the idea of setting up inside and moving batters off the plate. The data shows that purpose pitches do in fact work, if not that at-bat, in […]

Posted on July 29, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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