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 […]
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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 […]
Baseball Beyond MLB: Buzz Arlett
In baseball, we tend to focus on the major leagues. The vast majority of baseball fans care about the major leagues and major leagues only. The recent announcement by Major League Baseball that they were granting major league status to the Negro Leagues greatly affects the stats and history of the game for those whose […]
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 […]
Three Batter Minimum: It’s All About That Fandom
Regardless of your thoughts on the roots of Thanksgiving (I personally am against the holiday as it was originally formed but have come to like what it represents in modern society), it is that time of year. In that respect, I figured it was a good time for a more lighthearted article about the teams […]