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Dave Roberts rounding the bases with the Oklahoma City 89ers
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Dave Roberts

Some great players have amazing careers that everyone is well aware of. Then there are players who have long careers that have ups and downs but overall end up being really great. We tend to write a lot about the players with amazing careers. Those with longer careers but lower peaks don’t warrant as much […]

Posted on January 27, 2022January 19, 2022 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Julio Franco while player/manager of the Ishikawa Million Stars
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Julio Franco

Sometimes we don’t appreciate what we have even when it’s right in front of us. Despite Julio Franco having a long Major League Baseball career and the majority of that career taking place during my formative baseball watching years I never realized how great of a player he actually was. It wasn’t until recently that […]

Posted on October 14, 2021October 5, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Josh Mazzola at bat for the Winnipeg Goldeyes
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Josh Mazzola

Typically this column is used to write about players who made a huge impact on the game. That impact just happened to be outside the walls of Major League Baseball. There are plenty of amazing players with amazing careers that I still need to get to, and I will. However, the under the dashboard purpose […]

Posted on September 14, 2021September 6, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Juan Pizarro on the mound for Cangrejeros de Santurce
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Juan Pizarro

I’m not going to try and lie and act like I was acutely aware of who Juan Pizarro was prior to his passing a couple of weeks back. In all my various baseball research I had never stumbled across his name as more than a passing oddity. Even then I can’t say with one hundred […]

Posted on March 2, 2021October 3, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Nelson Figueroa on the mound for the Uni-President Lions during game four of the 2007 Taiwan Series
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Nelson Figueroa

Nelson Figueroa’s Major League Baseball career was long, but not exactly noteworthy. He spent nine seasons in MLB and by the time he was finished had amassed a career 92 ERA+ and 2.7 rWAR. Like I said, not exactly noteworthy, but Figueroa’s professional baseball career did not begin in 2000 and it did not end […]

Posted on February 12, 2021October 3, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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mkemilkmen Milwaukee Milkmen @mkemilkmen ·
August 17, 2022

AARON HILL OH MY GOODNESS!!!🔥

His triple scores Logan Trowbridge and Miguel Gomez, giving the Milkmen the lead!

🐶 3, 🐮 4 | B7

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August 17, 2022

New Yorkers thinking living in their city is some badge of toughness and not just living in a big city the same as other big cities is never not funny.

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billcubbieblue Bill Thompson @billcubbieblue ·
August 17, 2022

Really big pickup for the Ducks. José Sermo has the talent to be one of the best players in the ALPB.

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