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Juan Pizarro on the mound for Cangrejeros de Santurce
Baseball Beyond MLB

Baseball Beyond MLB: Juan Pizarro

I’m not going to try and lie and act like I was acutely aware of who Juan Pizarro was prior to his passing a couple of weeks back. In all my various baseball research I had never stumbled across his name as more than a passing oddity. Even then I can’t say with one hundred […]

Posted on March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Nelson Figueroa on the mound for the Uni-President Lions during game four of the 2007 Taiwan Series
Baseball Beyond MLB

Baseball Beyond MLB: Nelson Figueroa

Nelson Figueroa’s Major League Baseball career was long, but not exactly noteworthy. He spent nine seasons in MLB and by the time he was finished had amassed a career 92 ERA+ and 2.7 rWAR. Like I said, not exactly noteworthy, but Figueroa’s professional baseball career did not begin in 2000 and it did not end […]

Posted on February 12, 2021February 1, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
The Houston Astros celebrate the spoils of their cheating ways
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 01-20-2020

Jeff Passan – ESPN: News later in the week cemented a lot of what Passan laid down here. The Houston Astros being punished for using electronic sign-stealing needed to happen. However, the punishment they received was not an actual deterrent to other teams doing the same. The entire situation ended with one person somehow remaining […]

Posted on January 20, 2020January 16, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Houston Astros on-deck circle.
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 11-18-2019

J.P. Breen – Baseball Prospectus ($): The economics of Major League Baseball can seem daunting at times. A collection of mega-corporations under the umbrella of what amounts to an ultra mega-corporation means there is quite a bit of money at play. Most of that doesn’t matter, because at the end of the day we know […]

Posted on November 18, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Washington Nationals fans celebrating.
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 11-04-2019

David Roth – Deadspin: As of this writing Deadspin as we all knew it is dead and buried. The new Deadspin is a zombie site, existing solely for clicks and not for quality content. In its death throes, Deadspin released this gem, which gets right to the heart of the connection between politics and sports. […]

Posted on November 4, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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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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April 20, 2021

“Rakuten” is Taiwanese for bout that life. https://twitter.com/gocpbl/status/1251867666672836608

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April 19, 2021

Finally official.

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