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Bill Pearch

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Marketing, communications, business development (AEC) / Baseball historian and researcher / Parks & recreation advocate ⚾️

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Bill Pearch @billpearch.bsky.social · Jul 29

In 2022, I wrote about the impact of the trade between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies that brought Ryne Sandberg to the Cubs. Here’s a link to my @ibwaa.bsky.social article. ibwaa.substack.com/p/revisiting...

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November 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM

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November 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM

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November 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM

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November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM

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November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM

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November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM

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November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM

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November 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM

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A great reminder that nature is amazing.

November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM

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In honor of Veteran’s Day, here’s the SABR bio of Dwight’s own Eddie Higgins. He served during WWI in the Army’s medical department at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Thanks to the Dwight Historical Society for helping to tell his story. ⚾️ sabr.org/bioproj/pers...

November 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM

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November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM

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November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM

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November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM

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November 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM

Bill Pearch

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I hate blocking baseball accounts on social media, but there are tons of bad and inaccurate AI images floating around. FYI, this was a joke image I created a few years ago. Is that one guy in front row OK?! ⚾️

November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM

Bill Pearch

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Have you ever been in a room and felt like you were trapped inside an early 1990s screensaver?

November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM

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November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM

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November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM

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armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 7d

Members of the community yell towards Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and federal officers while they conduct an immigration enforcement action Friday in Waukegan.