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 4/10 Good --- weblogs.newsday.com http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/columnists/jimbaumbach/blog/index.xml
| Newsday's Jim Baumbach, Anthony Rieber and (sometimes) Chicago Norm bring you the best -- and the worst -- of the sports world. ... |
Thursday, May 08, 2008 --- 119 days ago http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/columnists/jimbaumbach/blog/2008/05/looking_ba
 I'm procrastinating from writing my where-are-they-now column to bring you a look at the notables taken in the first round of baseball's 1989 amateur draft .
1... Orioles... Ben McDonald... P
2... Braves... Tyler Houston... C
7... White Sox... Frank Thomas... 1B
10... Expos... Charles Johnson... C
12... Astros... Jeff Juden... P
13... Royals... Brent Mayne... OF
16... Red Sox... Greg Blosser... OF
17... Brewers... Cal Eldred... P
22... Dodgers... Tom Goodwin... OF
23... Red Sox... Mo Vaughn... 1B
24... Mets... Alan Zinter... C
25... Twins... Chuck Knoblauch... SS
27... Astros... Todd Jones... P
Cover your noses. What an awful draft.
(I know, I know, booooooo.)
Quick Tyler Houston story. On one of my first days on the Yankees beat in 2004, I misunderstood something Brian Cashman said about Houston being late for camp and wrote: "Utilityman Tyler Houston didn't report for his physical and likely will be cut." Cashman just said they were trying to get in touch with him, or something. But the day that ran, guess what the Yanks did? Yes, they cut him... as first reported by Newsday. ... |
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