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This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 12-30-2019

Daniel R. Epstein – Beyond the Box Score: At the heart of Major League Baseball, there is one truth that its owners and executives believe in more than any other. That truth is that the fans are idiots and that MLB can lie about their profits and the fans will be none the wiser. Even […]

Posted on December 30, 2019December 28, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Granny Hamner

Granny Hamner already had a long and successful Major League Baseball career before he ever tried his hand at two-way play. There was really no reason for Hamner to play two ways. Yet in his age 33 season he found himself pitching and for the final two years of his career he played enough on […]

Posted on December 27, 2019December 19, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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The Chase for 3,000

Derek Jeter, Willie Mays, Pete Rose, and Cap Anson are but a few members of baseball’s 3,000 hit club. Those four, and many others, are recognized for their efforts because they tallied the majority of their hits in Major League Baseball. The reality is that all of them had more hits than they are ever […]

Posted on December 26, 2019December 19, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comments(8)
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This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 12-23-2019

Patrick Dubuque – Baseball Prospectus ($): Regardless of where you fall on the current Major League Baseball/Minor League Baseball spat it’s pretty clear who really suffers. Fans of affiliated baseball are asked to deal with a lot for their fandom. MiLB games were one way in which they could go watch a baseball game and […]

Posted on December 23, 2019December 19, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Babe Ruth

There’s not much I could say about Babe Ruth that hasn’t already been said. Too many articles and books have been written about his baseball career and life in general. Babe Ruth remains to this very day a titan in not just the baseball landscape but the popular culture of America. He did spend some […]

Posted on December 20, 2019December 10, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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