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A Seven Inning Question

Fans of Major League Baseball are used to hearing about pace of play issues. Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred has seemingly made it his singular goal to address what he sees as the largest problem facing MLB moving forward; the length of games. MLB hasn’t done anything yet to truly address this issue, instead, they […]

Posted on February 19, 2020February 16, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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A Glance and a Gander

A Glance and a Gander: ABL

As I sit and type the Australian Baseball League’s seventh round of play for its 2019-2020 season has just finished. That means there are only three more rounds, or about 12 or so games, left to play. At this stage in the ABL season, certain players have set themselves apart from the pack and are […]

Posted on January 7, 2020January 5, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Top Threads Tournament: ABL First Round

The Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente bracket came to an end last week and Criollos de Caguas romped their way to winning the whole thing. They’ll get to take part in a to be held later championship bracket.  LBPRC Wild CardLBPRC SemifinalsLBPRC Championship The next league to enter the fray comes from the land […]

Posted on December 10, 2019December 28, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Getting to Know Baseball in Australia

Australia has a reputation as a nation that loves its sports. Athletes from Australia excel at any number of sports, with a decided focus being on those that take place in the typical American summer. They have produced countless winners in individual sports like tennis, golf, swimming, track & field, etc. In team sports, they […]

Posted on October 30, 2019October 21, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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billcubbieblue Bill Thompson @billcubbieblue ·
January 17, 2023

Twitter's an unorganized mess without a third party app to show Tweets chronologically, block out ads, & let me resume where I left off scrolling. I'm done here for the most part. I won't be posting much to Mastodon, but if I do you can find me at,

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billcubbieblue Bill Thompson @billcubbieblue ·
January 13, 2023

Seems like good ole Elon took away the functionality of the third party app I used to read Twitter. I'll likely be around way less as I really can't handle the non-chronological layout of Twitter on the app or web.

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January 12, 2023

Colonizers gonna colonize.

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