Don Drysdale Scouting Report by Branch Rickey

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Don Drysdale Scouting Report by Branch Rickey
Published 4/2/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Don Drysdale Scouting Report by Branch Rickey The Library of Congress offers treasures like that: “And here is a secret for you Bob. Rather than lose him, I would sign him to a Pittsburgh contract, for I think he would come within the three years, but his first contract must not be above $4,000, for he should go out of course. If he were to stay with our club, however, his salary would be the minimum in the major leagues,..., $6,000”

Baseball Today: Thursday, April 3
Published 4/3/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... EVER HEAR OF PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS? The blog Baseball Digest Daily found Branch Rickey's 1954 scouting report of 18-year-old Don Drysdale in the Library of Congress. Rickey, who was then running the Pittsburgh Pirates, predicted Drysdale's future stardom . . . but he also said the Pirates were "in no [financial] position to make [Drysdale] a bonus player," which is why Big D achieved that stardom with the Dodgers. ...

THT Live: Don Drysdale Scouting Report by Branch Rickey
Published 4/3/2008 by Dave Studeman at The Hardball Times
Don Drysdale Scouting Report by Branch Rickey by Dave Studeman April 03, 2008 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 ...

Branch Rickey: Don Drysdale can pitch a little
Published 4/3/2008 by Tommy at Breaking Balls
... Via Baseball Digest Daily comes a scouting report unearthed at the Library of Congress. In a heckuva find, Dave Rouleau dug up Branch Rickey’s original scouting report on Hall of Fame pitcher ...

Chris Henry arrested, sun rises in east, Nighty Cap
Published 4/3/2008 by edwzipper at Sports Frog
... • From the Library of Congress here is Branch Rickey's scouting report on Don Drysdale. It is also a reminder about how much typewriters sucked. ...

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
Published 4/3/2008 by Alan Hull at Baseball Mastermind
... tossed if he feels his players are getting a raw deal, that’s their job, but when a third-base coach gets tossed because they’re too proud to wear a batting helmet, they’re just acting like a jack-ass. Well, Bugs and Cranks have come up with a possible solution for keeping Bowa in the box. ————————————————- This is pretty freakin’ sweet. Baseball Digest Daily has a scouting report of Don Drysdale, written by Branch Rickey. ...