Posts By Bill Thompson
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25.0KArchivesSpring/Summer Unaffiliated Leagues in Latin America
When people think of baseball and Latin America one of the first things to pop into their heads is the winter leagues....
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3.9K1ArchivesAsian Unaffiliated Spring/Summer Leagues
The spring/summer unaffiliated baseball season is just about upon us. Previously, over at Baseball.FYI, I touched on the North American leagues worth...
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3.0K2ReviewsFandom
Removing myself from the Major League Baseball world and digging deep into unaffiliated baseball has made one thing clear; baseball fans have...
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4.9K2ArchivesIndustrial Baseball Leagues Are Coming Back
Have you ever heard of the Florida Hotel League? How about the Delaware River Ship Building League? If you’re someone who researches...
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3.9K1ArchivesThe Global Game of Professional Baseball
When it comes to professional baseball, it’s easy for those of us in America to have a myopic view of the sport....
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4.6KArchivesOh, Spring Training
It’s time for the annual tradition that serves absolutely no purpose, caring about how players perform in Spring Training. It’s like a...
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8.6KArchivesThe Rachel Luba Conundrum
The baseball world is filled with unsavory characters. Some of them are obvious, others fly under the radar. Occasionally there are those...
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5.7K2ArchivesMLB’s Competition Problem
At its core professional baseball exists because it is a competition. In fact, its entire existence is predicated on the competition between...
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3.9K2ArchivesBill Thompson’s Top 5 Baseball Executive Orders
Moments after being sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America, President Joe Biden issued a slew of...
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4.4K3ArchivesJapan’s NPB: A Rival Major League?
Recently Japanese star Tomoyuki Sugano decided to forego any offers from Major League Baseball and return to Japan to play for the...
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8.8K1American LeagueBilly Butler: Here Comes Country Breakfast
One of my favorite pastimes is taking a stroll down Baseball Reference via putting in random names or words and seeing what...
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3.4KArchivesIt’s All in the Boras
Reporters are always in search of a good quote. It is, in many ways, the lifeblood of what they do for a...