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A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: Hall of Name

It took me a long time to make my way through D.B. Firstman’s Hall of Name. Some of that was on me, I procured a copy just as I was in the middle of reading a mammoth critical care textbook in preparation for a soon to be COVID canceled CCEMT-P class. By the time I […]

Posted on November 19, 2020November 15, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Justin Turner spreading the Coronavirus without a care in the world
Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: Justin Turner and the Lies We Tell

For the past week, I have wanted to write about baseball. Every morning I would wake up with the idea that today I would write about one topic or another. I’d get out of bed and head downstairs. That’s where all my thoughts about writing changed. That tiny bit of walking was enough to leave […]

Posted on November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: The Cost of Entertainment

Lately, I find myself thinking about the idea of entertainment a fair amount. It was inevitable given the current worldwide climate and the way my mind works. Entertainment is, after all, an escape, but what good is the entertainment if it doesn’t offer any sort of escape after all? That’s where I find myself with […]

Posted on August 14, 2020August 12, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: The Dread of Watching

In the back of my head, there is one nagging thought that I can’t move past. This thought permeates all my discussions of baseball. There’s no way I can escape this thought, no matter of baseball in which I don’t feel it is prescient. I’ve tried, but no matter how I approach it or how […]

Posted on July 31, 2020August 1, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: Cardboard Fans

Major League Baseball is set to return. Let those words sink in for a moment and then throw out any idea you have of what this season may look like. Everything about the season, if there even is a season, will be different. Of all the possible changes the biggest one will be the lack […]

Posted on July 17, 2020July 14, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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