Some news and updates from around the world of baseball from Thursday, April 1, 2010.
- 20 years ago this week (April 3, 1989 to be exact), Ken Griffey, Jr. made his MLB debut for the Seattle Mariners. Over at Hardball Times, Richard Barbieri takes a peek at a few other players who are of the best at their positions, but hold no World Series ring.
- At the NYT’s Bats Blog, Justin Sablich shares part 2 of a series rounding up how some Yankees bloggers are looking at the 2010 season. (Part 1 is here)
- Glam Gal’s Heather Zeller says that the Minnesota Twins’ Joe Mauer is “Who’s Haute”
- Baseball Crank’s talking about JD Drew being clutch. Or unclutch. You decide.
- The AP reports that Andrew Thomas Gallo, charged with the death of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, wants to move the trial away from Orange County, CA.
- Former Major League OF Doug Glanville is joining ESPN as a baseball analyst.
- Yep, that’s apparently Thurman Munson’s pilot’s license on eBay. Mike at SteadyBurn calls it “atrocious” as a find. [via BallHype]