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Willians Astudillo at-bat for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.
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Where Have You Gone, La Tortuga?

The world moves fast, this is as true now as it ever has been. It is for that reason that I like to occasionally slow down and enjoy something. Because of my proclivity for watching unaffiliated baseball more often than not that means some discarded affiliated ballplayer. Sometimes that can mean a player still in […]

Posted on August 22, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. flashing a smile while with the Buffalo Bisons.
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For Want of a Highlight

If you’re a baseball fan like me that means you utilize social media as your main method of keeping track of the comings and goings of the baseball you care about. For many of us, the days of opening the morning paper and scrolling through the day’s box scores are a thing of the past. […]

Posted on August 21, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Albert Almora Jr. makes a catch in the Wrigley Field outfield.
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The Slow Failure of Albert Almora Jr.

The state of Albert Almora Jr.’s 2019 campaign, if not his whole career, can be summed up in the experience of writing this article. I initially wanted to write about how odd it was that a talented contender like this years Chicago Cubs would continue to trot out a below replacement level player as much […]

Posted on August 20, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
A group of women pose for an All-American Girl's Professional Baseball League picture.
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 08-19-2019

Daniel R. Epstein – FanGraphs: Women’s baseball is important, as is its history. To understand why women’s baseball is in its current state you need to understand the journey of women’s baseball. It is baseball in every way, no matter how many people try to place baseball as a men’s game. There have been ebbs […]

Posted on August 19, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Harry Howell poses for a picture.
Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Harry Howell

Harry Howell had been in the major leagues for three seasons as a pitcher before he jumped on the two-way train. His OPS+ of 114 in 49 plate appearances with the Brooklyn Superbas may have been a small sample but it still gave the Baltimore Orioles the ammunition they needed to take a decent pitcher […]

Posted on August 16, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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