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Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: An Odd Pitch Count

I absolutely love the ridiculousness of professional baseball. It’s a sport, sure, but it is also a professional endeavor. It’s something that grown adults are partaking in so that they can make money, build a career, live their lives, etc. Yet, at the same time, professional baseball is home to events and happenings that are […]

Posted on September 10, 2021September 9, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Donn Roach on the mound for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions home opener against the Rakuten Monkeys
A Glance and a Gander

A Glance and a Gander: Pitching in the CPBL

Those of us who have been covering and following the Chinese Professional Baseball League for some time now like to refer to the league as our hidden sports league. The reason being that among larger professional baseball leagues the CPBL has remained somewhat forgotten even for those who cover unaffiliated leagues. The lone exception to […]

Posted on May 14, 2020May 13, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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