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Albert Almora Jr. consoled by teammates after he struck a fan with a batted ball in Houston.
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 06-03-2019

Baseball Prospectus – Sydney Bergman and Kiehl Christie ($): I am staunchly pro-labor, anyone who reads my work regularly should be aware of that fact. The Major League Baseball Player’s Association isn’t among the best of unions, and they could stand to learn from other unions. The MLBPA gaining strength and taking back power from […]

Posted on June 3, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Justine Siegal throws BP for the Oakland Athletics.
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To Win, or not to Woman

I delude myself sometimes into thinking that the majority of baseball fans are in favor of equality. I talk the issue up in my head, I watch clips of impressive plays by women, or girls, in baseball and softball alike. In the baseball clips, I think to myself, “Man, one day soon women are going […]

Posted on May 29, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comments(2)
Diamilette Quiles making contact with a pitch for Montañeses de Utuado.
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 05-27-2019

MLB.com – Jesse Sanchez: Diamilette Quiles took the field this past week. It shouldn’t be news, yet it is, because in most places around the globe she would be told she couldn’t play or that she had to play in a different all-woman league if one existed in her area. Liga Béisbol Superior Doble A […]

Posted on May 27, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Willie Mays poses for a picture with the Minneapolis Millers.
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MLB and Baseball

I regularly watch Major League Baseball, I think that goes for most of us. Not just my favorite team, the Chicago Cubs, no, I try to watch as much MLB as I can in a given week. Again, this is something that I think goes for most of us. It may seem like I’m stating […]

Posted on May 22, 2019August 26, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Tommy Pham at-bat for the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Much Ado About Pham

As a fan of the Chicago Cubs, the 2018 trade deadline made me happy. No, I’m not going to be the dude who says he was super psyched for the Cole Hamels deal and thought the lefty was going to revert to his form as one of the best pitchers of the 2010s. Rather, I […]

Posted on May 21, 2019August 26, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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