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The BayStars Are an Awful Organization

A week ago the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball’s (NPB) Central League (JPCL) signed Trevor Bauer. This isn’t a Transaction Analysis or a look at Trevor Bauer the pitcher. I don’t care about either of those elements. The BayStars could have signed Bauer for $1 and I would still say they were a […]

Posted on March 21, 2023March 20, 2023 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Adam Brett Walker II at bat for the Yomiuri Giants
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Adam Brett Walker II is a Major Leaguer

Like most Milwaukee Milkmen fans I was sad to see Adam Brett Walker II leave the team but happy to see him get a shot in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. When I read that he had signed with the Central League’s Yomiuri Giants I knew that this was likely Walker’s last shot at succeeding in […]

Posted on May 31, 2022May 30, 2022 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Dave Roberts rounding the bases with the Oklahoma City 89ers
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Dave Roberts

Some great players have amazing careers that everyone is well aware of. Then there are players who have long careers that have ups and downs but overall end up being really great. We tend to write a lot about the players with amazing careers. Those with longer careers but lower peaks don’t warrant as much […]

Posted on January 27, 2022January 19, 2022 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Tyler Austin at-bat for the BayStars
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Turning It Around in Japan

Fresh off his tremendous Olympics performance for Team USA it feels like it’s a good time to take a deeper look at Tyler Austin and how is using his time in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League to turn his career around. He’s been playing in Japan for two years now and it feels as if […]

Posted on August 9, 2021August 8, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Sadaharu Oh likely about to launch a baseball very far.
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Sadaharu Oh

When people hear 868 home runs they know that the subject at hand is Sadaharu Oh and his all-time professional home run record. It’s always struck me as a bit sad that we limit Oh to only 868 home runs, he did after all hit many more home runs in the Central League playoffs and […]

Posted on January 5, 2021January 3, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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