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Don Drysdale Scouting Report by Branch Rickey
Don Drysdale Scouting Report by Branch Rickey

Clo Clo posted 4/2/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

Branch Rickey wrote a scouting report on RHP pitcher (and Hell of Famer) Don Drysdale in 1954. Come inside and read it.

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Remembering Buzzie
Remembering Buzzie

Kumar Kumar posted 5/2/2008 from www.bizofbaseball.com

Buzzie, wherever you are right now, the world is a different place without you. Yes, you were part of the “old-guard”, but you saw so much, and lived more than anyone that I’ve ever met. Ford Frick, Larry MacPhail, Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, Walter O’Malley, Walter Alston, Fresco Thompson, Don Newcombe, Roy Campanella, Ray Kroc, Nolan Ryan, Sandy Kofax... the ...

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MLB’s Uncomfortable Event: The Civil Rights Game
MLB’s Uncomfortable Event: The Civil Rights Game

Kumar Kumar posted 3/24/2008 from www.maurybrown.com

As sports figures go, there may be none more profound than Jackie Robinson. With Branch Rickey and the Dodgers signing Robinson to a major league contract, Jackie broke through the deplorable Jim Crow laws that surrounded baseball until 1947 and broke baseball’s color barrier. So, when I received word today on the panelists for “Baseball and the Civil Rights Movement” roundtable ...

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Great Articles at Baseball Digest Daily
Great Articles at Baseball Digest Daily

Clo Clo posted 4/5/2008 from seamheads.com

Here are just two examples of the great writing you'll find at Baseball Digest Daily. If you've been around Seamheads.com, you probably know that we joined the Baseball Digest Daily family not long ago, and if you haven't been around and this is your first time visiting the site, you can clearly see the BDD banner waving proudly overhead.

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Rocket Ron and The Twenty-Seven K’s in Bristol
Rocket Ron and The Twenty-Seven K’s in Bristol

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 7/20/2008 from seamheads.com

Legendary baseball executive Branch Rickey once said: “There have only been two young pitchers I was certain were destined for greatness, simply because they had the meanest fastball a batter can face. One of those boys was Dizzy Dean. The other is (Ron) Necciai.” Dean’s statistics speak for themselves, a 150-83 record, career 3.02 ERA while logging just under 2000 innings on the ...

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Baseball and OBP

Geoff Young Geoff Young posted 11/29/2007 from www.anothercubsblog.net

Nice little discussion on the history of on-base percentage as a baseball stat.

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Back to the Future: Cashman Building the Right Way

DaveKingman DaveKingman posted 2/26/2008 from www.dugoutcentral.com

By sticking with his prospects, Cashman is doing the right thing - even if it means he could get fired.

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Who, You Ask, is George Sisler?
Who, You Ask, is George Sisler?

m_taylor13 m_taylor13 posted 10/30/2008 from seamheads.com

I’m currently finishing up my second book, “It Ain’t So: An Alternative History of the Chicago Black Sox,” but I’d like to contribute something to the site, so here’s an article I wrote about Browns first baseman George Sisler last year. He is ...

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Mets Unveil Jackie Robinson Rotunda at Citi Field

Dave Rouleau Dave Rouleau posted 4/15/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

The New York Mets, and the Jackie Robinson Foundation today unveiled the imagery and text for the Jackie Robinson Rotunda at Citi Field.

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Gelflog -Varsity Letters 7/5 Interviews

Dan Shanoff found this 7/3/2007 on www.gelfmagazine.com

Four sports-book authors will be speaking at a free Gelf event in New York on Thursday, July 5, at 8 p.m. Come by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear writers Jim Gorant, John Heidenry, Lee Lowenfish, and Eric Mirlis read from and discuss their writing. ...

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Schrodinger`s Bat: Getting Shifty by Dan Fox

Dan Agonistes found this 1/11/2008 on www.baseballprospectus.com

Repositioning the infield and its effects on history, defense, and batting.

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THT Live: Don Drysdale Scouting Report by Branch Rickey
THT Live: Don Drysdale Scouting Report by Branch Rickey

The Hardball Times The Hardball Times found this 4/3/2008 on www.hardballtimes.com

Just in case you didn't see this yesterday, Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily unearthed an early scouting report of Don Drysdale by Branch Rickey (Rickey was working for the Pirates at the time). It's great reading. There's also a good Q&A; about the document at Baseball Think Factory.

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Under The Knife: Tragedy by Will Carroll

Bless You Boys found this 7/25/2007 on www.baseballprospectus.com

Can the game make some needed changes in regard to safety on the diamond? Plus updates on Pedro Martinez, Hanley Ramirez`s shoulder, and more.

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Love This One (A-Rod, Of Course)

crashburnalley.com found this 10/16/2007 on www.firejoemorgan.com

Sent in by Jason, this is Mike Lupica on Mike and Mike this morning: If they [Boras and A-Rod] come in and ask for $300 million, I think Cashman has the right to use the old Branch Rickey line to Ralph Kiner - "Son, I finished last with you, I can ...

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A better way to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day
A better way to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day

Big League Stew Big League Stew posted 4/15/2008 from sports.yahoo.com

'Duk offers his solutions to corral the huge numbers of people wearing No. 42 on April 15.

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My Lovely Bride

Baseball Toaster found this 4/14/2008 on tommy.mlblogs.com

In 1949 I happened to be playing in the Sally League in Greenville, South Carolina and one day I look into the stands and I see this beautiful girl.  I happened to know the girl who was sitting next to her, and her name was Margaret Goldsmith ...

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Prospectus Hit and Run: The Life and Times of Buzzie Bavasi, Part Two by Jay Jaffe

The Futility Infielder found this 5/14/2008 on www.baseballprospectus.com

The glory of the Dodgers in the `60s, followed by an inglorious Padres period and putting the Angels on the map.

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L-I-N-K-S: Larry Bowa Does Not Like To Be Told Where to Stand, Branch Rickey Scouts Don Drysdale, Bill James Q&A, BoSox Sign Another Japanese Starter
L-I-N-K-S: Larry Bowa Does Not Like To Be Told Where to Stand, Branch Rickey Scouts Don ...

alanhull1 alanhull1 posted 4/3/2008 from baseballmastermind.com

Great Links from across the internet. 1) Some ways to keep Larry Bowa in the coaches box. 2) Branch Rickey scouting report on an amateur Don Drysdale. 3) Bill James Q&A. 4) The Boston Red Sox bring in another Japanese pitcher. 5) Some words on David Ortiz. 6) Pedro Martinez injury. 7) Matt Garza makes his Tampa Bay Rays debut. 8) Monday Night Football schedule comes out.

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Travel prices wreak havoc on teams’ budgets

6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog found this 8/12/2008 on www.baseballthinkfactory.org

Consider the problems for minor league baseball: The Pacific Coast League is spread out among 16 teams in three time zones, and the league’s 144-game schedule makes bus travel nearly impossible. Though some teams receive financial help from their ...

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