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The BBWAA Loves Them Some Curt Schilling

It’s become a yearly tradition for Baseball Writers Association of America members to release their National Baseball Hall of Fame ballots and hold their noses over voting for Curt Schilling. The initial reaction I have is similar to others, “why do they keep voting for him? Don’t they care about the victims of his hatred?” […]

Posted on January 13, 2021January 11, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Thom Brennman probably about to say something homophobic in the Cincinnati Reds booth
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Thom Brennaman, Really?

Every once in a while a baseball league or organization makes a decision that leaves you scratching your head. Not quite as often a league or organization makes a series of decisions that make you question whether anyone involved in making said decisions have a shred of intelligence. Typically when an article is started this […]

Posted on December 16, 2020December 10, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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The Depressing Tale of Baseball

I keep a notepad with story ideas for this website. It’s quite long and I’m always adding ideas to the notepad. I know that I likely won’t get to every idea, but if I have a decent idea I want to make sure it’s jotted down so that I don’t forget. Some ideas stick around […]

Posted on September 2, 2020September 1, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Otto Hess

Right from the get-go, Otto Hess was a two-way player. Okay, okay, okay, not from the very get-go, but in his second year of professional baseball he took on the two-way player cause. It’s unclear what caused this to be the course of action because in 1902 with the American League’s Cleveland Bronchos he was […]

Posted on July 19, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
April 20, 2021

For @OTB_Baseball, baseball is fun, that's important to keep in mind. Instead of focusing on baseball's many issues, let's talk a bit about what it is doing right and why the professional game is still fun in most places,

https://www.offthebenchbaseball.com/2021/04/19/baseball-is-fun/

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April 20, 2021

Working on a monthly contract, Jake Brigham did exactly what he needed to do in the CPBL; dominate. Now he's headed back to the KBO where the Kiwoom Heroes are hoping he can help a rotation that could use said help,

https://wordsabovereplacement.com/transaction-analysis-brigham-to-the-heroes-again/

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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
April 20, 2021

Ugh, this is a huge blow to the Guardians. Loree, Sosa, Ramírez is damn hard to beat in a playoff series. Loree, Ramírez, Bañuelos is a lot easier.

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