Introductory note

Welcome to Andrew's Baseball Musings, the site for baseball's less covered topics and leagues. 
Here, we will have articles on the hall of fame, NPB, KBO and maybe CPBL in addition to other interesting topics. We might also have other authors join the blog, but to join you'll have to submit a Writing Sample to afarelli91@gmail.com , then we'll talk about baseball and see what happens. 

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