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A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

Is it possible to find a book both highly valuable and cringe-inducing? I’d never come across a book worthy of that distinction until I read The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. It is in equal measure one of the most important baseball books ever written and a deep look into the disturbing views of […]

Posted on January 3, 2020January 2, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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The Assets of Humanity

During Game 1 of the 2019 World Series FiveThirtyEight writer Travis Sawhcik tweeted out this absolute gem, Before we dig into the meat of that little nugget, I’ll be honest, I have lots of problems with Sawchik. I regularly go after his opinions on Twitter and in general find him to be a lousy representative […]

Posted on October 24, 2019October 23, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
January 22, 2021

Satchel Paige, Sadaharu Oh, Babe Ruth, and Roberto Clemente.

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January 22, 2021

The Padres paid close to Profar's deserved monetary value as a laborer. Saying the Padres got fleeced is on par with an executive and why capitalism has been ruining baseball since it's inception.

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January 22, 2021

It's not his fault that you're too lazy and xenophobic to understand accent marks in Latino names.

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