Harrison Ford has officially signed on to the role of Branch Rickey, the the Hall of Fame baseball executive who integrated the sport by promoting Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, Legendary Pictures announced today. Meanwhile a relatively unknown, up-and-coming young actor has landed the role of the iconic ballplayer. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/12/09/harrison-ford-and-chadwick-boseman-join-jackie-robinson-movie
With interleague play becoming season-long, some feel commissioner Bud Selig and his baseball committee will finally try to unify the DH rule. But in what direction? American League fans love the extra offense and enhanced rosters, while NL fans like the tradition of having the pitcher hit. Selig has always enjoyed the differences between the leagues and seems to be in no rush to change things. It may be Selig's successor who makes the call on the DH. http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/319696-will-selig-settle-dh-rule#ixzz1gFLquUfh
(1.2) Albert Pujols - This year is tough. The current player at the top of the ADP charts is Matt Kemp, who actually fell to me, but I could not justify taking him. In the first round, I refuse to take any players who have only proven once they are worthy of first round value (okay, so maybe Kemp’s 2009 was worth first round value…but we’re talking second overall pick here!). So when I knock out those players, plus the guys who clearly weren’t going to generate enough value to be worth second overall, I was left with old mister reliable. Over the last three years, Busch Stadium suppressed right-handed homers by 23%, so the move to Angel Stadium should be better for Pujols’ power. The only other real consideration here would have been Ryan Braun, but that idea was quickly squashed due to the weekend’s shenanigans. http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/my-fangraphs-keeper-league-mock-draft-rounds-1-3
It’s that time of the year again: Hall of Fame voting season. This month, the decade-long members of the BBWAA fill out their ballots for who belongs in Cooperstown. There are many candidates on this year’s ballot, and many would make perfectly fine Hall of Famers. Several are doing worse in the BBWAA voting than I’d personally wish them to do (see Trammell, Alan), but one guy particularly strikes me as getting less support than he deserves: Tim Raines. People have different standards for what constitutes a Hall of Famer, but in general there are too main ways of gauging Hall-worthiness: peak and career value. There are just different way to define greatness, and many Hall of Fame arguments boil down to if a person supports peak or career value in their candidates. With Raines, though, it shouldn’t make any difference if you prefer peak or if you prefer career. Either way, he is highly qualified for Cooperstown. http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-cooperstown-case-for-tim-raines
Gary Brown - SF Giants - (age 23, Cal State Fullerton, OF, Bats R, Throws R) Brown makes very good contact with the bat and makes even better use of his quickness to get on base. Throw him a fastball and it’s very likely he’ll put the ball into play. As he learns more of the nuances of base stealing, he’ll become an even more dangerous threat on the paths. He doesn’t have much pop in his bat — he will probably be more of a triples machine at AT&T Park as he knows how to use the gaps. His speed will also allow him to cover the expanses in center field, where he’s expected to play when he finally makes it to the big leagues. Despite a below-average arm, he’s very athletic. His long season at San Jose led to exhaustion and he was pulled from the Arizona Fall League after an undisclosed illness (flu?). http://22gigantes.com/2011/11/22-san-francisco-giants-prospects-you-need-to-know.html
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