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On Monday, Dustin Ackley of the Seattle Mariners was named the Arizona Fall League’s ‘Player of the Week’ for the second time.  Ackley, who was the Mariners’ 1st round pick(#2 overall) in the 2009 draft, has put together an impressive season in his second Arizona Fall League.  At the time of the announcement that he had been named ‘Player of the Week,’ Ackley was hitting .429 with four home runs, six doubles and 17 RBI.

The Golden Sombrero presents Rookie Card Corner: Moises Alou 1991 Donruss Rated Rookie

Fun Fact: Rather than wearing batting gloves, Alou admitted that he used to piss on his hands to make them tougher.

It appears that the Chicago White Sox decision to convert 21-year old Chris Sale into a starting pitcher will be contingent on the health of veteran Jake Peavy entering Spring Training of the 2011 season.

If the decision were up to pitching coach Don Cooper, however, Sale would remain in the White Sox bullpen, where he is best suited to significantly help the team.

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It should come as no surprise that Mark Buehrle was awarded his second consecutive American League Gold Glove Award on Tuesday afternoon.  No, I’m not just saying that because his wife let the cat out of the bag with her congratulatory message on Facebook.  Rather, Buehrle was unequivocally the best defensive pitcher in the American League in 2010, just as he was when he won the same award in 2009.

Oh yeah, and there was also that spectacular play on Opening Day.

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• Future Hall of Fame first baseman Frank Thomas launched his own record label, W2W Records…..his first project is a group called Bellevoxx whose members are three girls…..’I relate everything to baseball with these ladies,’ Thomas said. ‘You’ve got three first round draft picks…very heavy hitters.’ [Top40-Charts.com]

• Former MLB journeyman Todd Zeile has shifted his attention towards acting and producing since retiring in 2004…..He is both starring in and producing a movie called “I AM” due out this fall…..Zeile’s describes the film’s premise: “There are 10 story lines in Los Angeles around the 10 Freeway. The faith component of it is that all Ten Commandments are depicted in the journey”…..His son, Garrett, is also one of the stars in “I AM.” [NY Post] [ESPN]