Honest • Unbiased • Apolitical
Your Connection to the Diamond!
Honest • Unbiased • Apolitical
Your Connection to the Diamond!
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 covered the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2019 to 2023, the Colorado Rockies in 2024, and has covered the Athletics since Spring Training 2025. He also is our National Writer. His first and biggest love is baseball.
Evan lives in Gilbert, Arizona and loves history, especially of sports. He is a member of the Hemond Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He released his first book, Volume I of A Complete History of the Major League Baseball Playoffs, in October of 2021. His second book, Volume II of A Complete History of the Major League Baseball Playoffs (1977–1984) came out September 2024.
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Athletics 11, Mets 6 Tyler Soderstrom went 3-for-5 with two homers and five RBI, leading the Athletics to an 11–6 victory over the host New York Mets late Saturday afternoon. Jeff McNeil also went 3-for-5, scoring two runs. Shea Langeliers, Jacob Wilson, and Max Muncy each contributed two hits apiece in a game that saw […]
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