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

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 […]

Posted on March 2, 2021October 3, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Jigger Statz at-bat with the Chicago Cubs
Baseball Beyond MLB

Baseball Beyond MLB: Jigger Statz

If someone approached you with a stat line that read, “.285/.337/.373 with 737 hits, a career 87 OPS+ and 4.6 rWAR” you probably wouldn’t think much of the guy in question. That’s the reaction I would expect from most folks if they were told Jigger Statz’s Major League Baseball stats line. It’s both unimpressive and […]

Posted on January 29, 2021January 22, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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)
Ayami Sato on the mound for Aichi Done
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 03-16-2020

Tyler Kepner – The New York Times: Tim Anderson is everything that is right with baseball. The game needs more bright, energetic, and emotional stars like Anderson. Those who can’t deal with the emotion he displays are victims of playing the game the wrong way. Baseball is, after all, a game and games carry plenty […]

Posted on March 16, 2020March 13, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Babe Ruth with the Boston Red Sox
Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Babe Ruth

There’s not much I could say about Babe Ruth that hasn’t already been said. Too many articles and books have been written about his baseball career and life in general. Babe Ruth remains to this very day a titan in not just the baseball landscape but the popular culture of America. He did spend some […]

Posted on December 20, 2019December 10, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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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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