11/28/09 Odds & Ends

Box Score:

- The new documentary film, "Touching the Game: Alaska" will be released on Nov. 30th and is available for pre-order now. This is the second installment of the "Touching the Game" series, after the original which focuses on the Cape Cod League. You can get all the info on their website, TouchingtheGame.com. The Peninsula Clarion also has a great article on the film here. It's only $20 so I could check with the boss (A.K.A. Mrs. jjack) to see if we can appropriate the funds or maybe lobby someone for it as a Christmas present.

- We've been following 2005 Miners C/OF Matt McBride's Arizona Fall League performance, and in the process of digging up news/stats/scouting reports on him I discovered that he is Rule 5 Draft eligible. FYI, the Rule 5 Draft (in a very small nutshell) allows minor league veterans who are not on their parent club's 40-man roster to be selected by another organization, on the condition that the player will either stay on the 25-man active roster of his new team. Non-rostering Matt means two things. On the one hand, the Indians don't think that he is a Major-League player, at least not this season. On the other, if another team sees more in him that Cleveland does, he could spend next season in the bigs. A long shot, but its possible.



- I've got a fair amount of blog posts typed up so far, and more in the works. I think this blog is going to stick around for a while, so I figure I might as well start promoting it. Toward that end, I've created a Facebook Page for 49th State Hardball. If any of you are on Facebook, you should check it out and become a fan!


On Deck:

- I am really writing that post on the new turf at Mulcahy; I am trying to wait until I can get a hold of someone from the Bucs and/or Pilots for a comment and permission to use some of the pictures. I don't know when or if that will will happen so I'll have that write-up for you "someday".

- I have some other stuff in the works, plus I'll continue scouring the team websites, local papers, and baseball blogs for any info relating to the ABL in any way.