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 also is a credentialed member of the Colorado Rockies press corps. His first and biggest love is baseball.
Evan lives in Gilbert, Arizona and loves history, especially of sports. He is the treasurer for the Hemond 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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Rickey Henderson Dead at 65 Rickey Henderson, Hall of Fame left fielder and stolen base king, has died at 65. Rumors surfaced Friday night before the New York Post first confirmed the news Saturday afternoon. Henderson had a stellar 25-season career spread across nine different teams, including four stints with the Oakland Athletics, with whom […]
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2024 Winter Meetings: Rockies GM Bill Schmidt Q&A, Day One DALLAS (Dec. 9) — Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt sat down for a question-and-answer session with the Rockies writers in attendance at the Winter Meetings. We learned much from Schmidt in the half-hour meeting about the Rockies’ current roster situation and goals. Position Updates […]
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