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Roy Campanella with the Baltimore Elite Giants
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Roy Campanella’s Best Years

Most baseball fans know Roy Campanella, at least if you’re enough a baseball geek to be reading this site then you know Roy Campanella. Not much more can be gained from digging into his short, but prolific career with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His resume is filled with the awards and recognition that let those […]

Posted on November 24, 2020November 19, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comments(2)
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Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: It’s All About That Fandom

Regardless of your thoughts on the roots of Thanksgiving (I personally am against the holiday as it was originally formed but have come to like what it represents in modern society), it is that time of year. In that respect, I figured it was a good time for a more lighthearted article about the teams […]

Posted on November 23, 2020November 22, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
The Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Soz square off in an empty Camden Yards in 2015.
Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: Dead Baseball

I’ve written in the past about the efforts by various leagues to keep the fan atmosphere present at games even when fans aren’t allowed into stadiums. That trend has continued into Winter Ball, at least it has for most leagues. Every league has its own approach, but they generally fall into three categories: 1) Piped […]

Posted on November 20, 2020November 19, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Is WBSC’s GameTime Sport Good for Baseball?

If you haven’t heard of the World Baseball Softball Confederation I don’t blame you. Despite how it presents itself, Major League Baseball is not the worldwide governing body for baseball. That responsibility resides with the WBSC out of Switzerland. The WBSC has only been in existence since 2013 and for the most part they have […]

Posted on November 18, 2020November 15, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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A Glance and a Gander

A Glance and a Gander: LIDOM 2020-2021 Rosters

Yesterday was Opening Day in the 2020-2021 Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana season. This season will be quite different, thanks of course to the Coronavirus. At first, there will be no riled up and loud fans, the season will only be 30 games long, and the round-robin format has been shelved in […]

Posted on November 16, 2020November 15, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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