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Juan Pizarro on the mound for Cangrejeros de Santurce
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Juan Pizarro

I’m not going to try and lie and act like I was acutely aware of who Juan Pizarro was prior to his passing a couple of weeks back. In all my various baseball research I had never stumbled across his name as more than a passing oddity. Even then I can’t say with one hundred […]

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Ángel Ventura on the mound for the Milwaukee Milkmen
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Three Batter Minimum: Player to Be Named Later

For the most part, the unaffiliated baseball world is a very organized one. The years of it being this wild and crazy place where surprising stuff happens all the time ended long ago. They play professional baseball, the same as the affiliated leagues. There’s nothing truly zany about the way unaffiliated baseball leagues and teams […]

Posted on February 19, 2021February 14, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
The Kansas City Monarchs new logo
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The Monarchs Reign Again

Every once in a while a baseball story comes to my attention that simply put, makes me happy. These days those stories are few and far between, but they still exist. One such story just occurred this past week when the Kansas City T-Bones announced they were changing their name and branding to that of […]

Posted on January 27, 2021January 23, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Damek Tomscha at-bat for the Melbourne Aces
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The Sudden Rise of Damek Tomscha

Four times in a five-year span Damek Tomscha found himself selected by a big-league club in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft. Every time his standing moved up a little bit until finally he was selected in the 17th round of the 2014 draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. He would spend the next six seasons in […]

Posted on January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Adam Walker hitting a mammoth home run for Caimanes de Barranquilla
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Adam Walker is Finally Who He Needs to Be

If you had told me a few years ago that I would be spending an hour poring over the Liga Colombiana de Béisbol Profesional website so I could scan through box scores and get accurate stats for a player I’d have called you crazy. Fast forward to the present and I’m finally able to write […]

Posted on January 4, 2021January 3, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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March 3, 2021

Juan Pizarro is one of the best pitchers baseball has ever seen. He accumulated 4,261 strikeouts in his career, if that doesn't impress you I'm not sure why you like baseball,

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March 2, 2021

According to ETtoday, at least 9 teams from MLB, NPB and KBO wanted to sign 江少慶 (Chiang Shao-Ching) this offseason. One MLB organisation even offered a 500K USD contract.

The Fubon Guardians have committed to sign Chiang to a deal more than 2.08 million USD. #CPBL

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March 2, 2021

Fubon Guardians held a media day for their "soon-to-be 1st round draft pick" Chiang Shao-Ching at Xinzhuang stadium.

Chiang will begin training with the Guardians on March 3. The former Triple-A RHP is able to reach 159kph (99mph 🦅) with his fastball. #CPBL https://twitter.com/GOCPBL/status/1364859370371080194

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