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César Valdez celebrates after a dominant start in the LIDOM playoffs
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César Valdez’s Season for the Ages

If not for a Coronavirus setback Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana fans would have gotten to see one of the league’s best pitchers by now. Alas, we live in the worst timeline and César Valdez’s 2020-2021 debut has been delayed by his bout with COVID-19. What better time than now to remind […]

Posted on December 10, 2020December 8, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Logo announcing the Frontier League becoming an MLB Partner League
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Independence Gives Way to a Partnership

During a recent episode of the Indy Ball Report podcast, the hosts had on the Commissioner of the Frontier League, Bill Lee. Lee has always been a respected figure in the baseball world. One of the reasons for that has been his willingness to be transparent and to not hide behind the political maneuvering that […]

Posted on December 9, 2020December 6, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(1)
The cover of Raceball.
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: Raceball

Every so often you start reading a book and realize very quickly, “Yeah man, this is my jam!” The book in question resonates with you from the very onset and that resonation only grows stronger the deeper into the book you get. Finally, you finish the book and you wish there were more pages for […]

Posted on December 7, 2020December 2, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
John Middleton at a press conference
Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: The Middleton Truth

A recent report has surfaced that Philadelphia Phillies owner John Middleton is asserting that his club lost $2 billion for the 2020 season. If that sounds ridiculous it’s because it is. It’s since been removed from the report signaling that it is false. Or, maybe, there’s some truth to what Middleton said, an owner would […]

Posted on December 4, 2020November 29, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
A broken down West Field, a sometimes home for the Homestead Grays.
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The Damage Integration Wrought

In the next month, I should have a review on the site of Rob Ruck’s Raceball. The short version of the review is that it is one of the best books on baseball I have ever read. While all of it has been interesting and thought-provoking there was one issue that was touched upon that […]

Posted on December 2, 2020November 30, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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