Thursday, June 09, 2005
future hall-of-famer?
The receptionist at my building at Norridge pulled me to the side today to tell me some great news. Her son was just drafted by the New York Mets! She was unbelievably excited as she told me this, but she attributed it to her lack of sleep (she went to bed at 5:30 this morning). Her son had just graduated high school, but was on the baseball team and apparently was good enough that the NY Mets scouted - and eventually drafted - him in the 47rd round or so. What probably happened, since he's so young, is that he will be a conditional draft pick or something. He will still be going to college, but will be monitored as he plays at the collegiate level. When they believe he's ready, they'll pull him into the minors and he'll start from there. Who knows? If things work out, we may see him one day at shortstop in Shea Stadium...
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Hmmmm...I gues "drafted" doesn't mean what I thought it did. Mets have a minor league? That's a long stinkin' way to go!
well, he's not really "drafted" in the traditional sense - but the Mets do have rights to him. He has a baseball scholarship to college, but if he does well after his first year, the Mets can exercise their option to bring him to training camp - or something like that. Cool stuff - if he turns out to be another Nomar later in life, at least I can claim I know his mom...
that's pretty cool. i think it'd be best for him to go to college and star there. picks that low in the draft are rarely signed anyways and usually for pennies. and i believe next year he'd be eligible to be drafted by another MLB team
-wok
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