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Rules Schmules

What did it take to finally get me to write something for the site again? I wish I could say that it was because I am done with college and will be back to writing all time time. Alas, the reality is that I finished up the final semester for my Associate’s Degree early and […]

Posted on February 20, 2023February 19, 2023 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Unaffiliated Happenings

Unaffiliated Happenings: 06-27-2022

When a Player Can’t Play The finals of the 2022 Serie Nacional de Béisbol season started this past week. While it was appointment viewing for me, it turns out it wasn’t an appointment one very important Cocodrilos de Matanzas player could keep. Yadir Drake is about as important to the Matanzas lineup as anyone could […]

Posted on June 27, 2022June 23, 2022 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: Parsing Out the Pecos League

The Pecos League is, well, hard to keep track of for lack of a better phrase. You combine a ridiculous streaming price point of $6/game with a website that is straight out of your “I’m firing up America Online in 1998 and ready to surf the net” nightmares and you get a league that isn’t […]

Posted on August 20, 2021August 13, 2021 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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