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An Umpire Ejection and Racism

Ejections are a common part of the professional baseball experience. It doesn’t matter what level or league we’re talking about, ejections happen. Most of the time players are the ones getting ejected, then coaches, and on rare occasions, you see weird ejections like a fan or an announcer, etc. On Friday, August 20th a professional […]

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comments(9)
Stock photo of Juan Montes' stache, which is really the entire reason for this article.
Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: Ejecting a Stache

During a recent Liga de Béisbol Profesional Nacional game between Tren del Norte de Real Estelí and Bóer Juan Montes was thrown out at home. For the Tren del Norte star it wasn’t his glorious mustache that ended up being the talk of the game. This time it was his play at home. It was […]

Posted on December 18, 2020December 10, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
An umpire using a headset during the 2019 ALPB All-Star Game.
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 11-11-2019

Josh Norris – Baseball America ($): The majority of people have been clamoring for an automated strike zone in Major League Baseball for a while now. It will happen eventually, but I don’t think all the people shouting “robo umps now” quite realize the issues that still plague any automated system. A delay in the […]

Posted on November 11, 2019October 3, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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billcubbieblue Bill Thompson @billcubbieblue ·
June 30, 2022

Gonna go out on a limb and suggest that the guy with a, entering today, 143 OPS+ and 136 ERA+ is the runaway MVP again. Gonna go out on another limb and say that as long as he's healthy there's no reason any other player should be considered.

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baseballcosmo Yakyu Cosmopolitan @baseballcosmo ·
June 29, 2022

The gap in wRC+ between Munetaka Murakami (228), first in the Central League, and Yasutaka Shiomi (172), second in the Central League, is basically the same gap as between Shiomi and Gregory Polanco (113), sixteenth in the Central League among qualified hitters.

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billcubbieblue Bill Thompson @billcubbieblue ·
June 30, 2022

I'm running out of ways to describe the complete ineptitude and uselessness of the Democrats.

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