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Shohei Ohtani. Mike Trout. Two teammates who happen to be the best players in baseball. This matchup feels like something only possible in a video game or a child’s imagination but baseball fans rejoiced at the high-stakes at-bat between the two superstars in the last out of the World Baseball Classic championship game. Not only […] READ MORE
Japan baseball players were nothing but an enigma to American fans for decades. The success of many players from the Land of the Rising Sun has proved that Japanese players have what it takes to excel in the majors. The country and all of its players pursue the game of baseball as perfectionists. They want […] READ MORE
Smell that it is the air? Oh yeah, folks, it’s Spring Training season. That means there is no better time to lock in some AL MVP bets before it gets too late. Some may want to place their bets as close to the season as possible. But those people are cowards. I’m not a coward, […] READ MORE
Pitching has always been an Achilles’ heel for the Los Angeles Angels. The lack of pitching talent was so evident that the team drafted all pitchers in the 2021 Amateur draft. Although the fruits of this draft class won’t be seen for a few more years, the organization’s emphasis on pitching has fostered a group […] READ MORE
Shohei Ohtani’s 2021 season may not only be the greatest MVP campaign in baseball history but also one of the most unique displays of athleticism in all of sports. Ohtani proved for the first time in his career that he could play a full season as both a hitter and a pitcher. While playing one […] READ MORE
Arte Moreno and his family announced that they would end the process of selling the Los Angeles Angels. This announcement comes just five months after the family originally announced the team sale on September 23rd. The news comes to the dismay of Angels fans everywhere, who originally celebrated the family’s decision to sell the team. […] READ MORE
The Boston Red Sox offseason was the equivalent of aimlessly splattering paint across a canvas. They put something on paper at least, but a sense of direction was nonexistent. The veteran signings of Kenley Jansen, Justin Turner, and Corey Kluber are reasonable moves for a fringe playoff team, but it’s difficult to argue that the […] READ MORE
The 2022 season was an oddity in the career of Mike Trout. While the outfielder hit to an elite OPS above .900 for the tenth time in his career, the way he achieved that number is significantly different than previous seasons. Trout’s uncanny ability to get on base while also managing to slug the baseball […] READ MORE
Japenese star Masataka Yoshida has signed a five-year, $90 million contract with the Boston Red Sox, via Jeff Passan. BREAKING: Outfielder Masataka Yoshida and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a contract, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 7, 2022 Boston had to pay an additional posting […] READ MORE
Who the 2022 AL MVP and NL MVP Should Be: The Numbers MLB Network announced the awards finalists — the top three vote-getters in each league’s award category — Monday night, November 7. As happens every year, the finalists generated lots of discussion. A big point of contention, as usual, came over the definition of […] READ MORE
Evan is the owner and sole contributor of Thompson Talks, a website discussing the Big Four North American Pro Sports as well as soccer. He also is a credentialed member of the Diamondbacks press corps for Last Word on Baseball. His first and biggest love is baseball.
Evan lives in Mesa, Arizona and loves history, especially of sports. He is the treasurer for the Hemond-Delhi Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and also is a USSF and AIA soccer referee. He released his first book, Volume I of A Complete History of the Major League Baseball Playoffs, in October of 2021.
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