September 19, 20179 yr Sooner or later everyone else is going to come around to numbering their picks. Either that, or realize that my numbering system is very iffy, especially with all of the duplicates. Anyway.... 288. Scott Diamond
September 19, 20179 yr Jim Ollom - Hard to remember him or pronounce the town he was from - Snohomish, WA
September 19, 20179 yr Sound-alike to the post above. Jim Roland a lefty from the Sixies. (Of course, we were all lefties then).
September 19, 20179 yr A couple of second basemen from the '70's: Dan Monzon: sadly died in an auto accident in the 1990s Bobby Randall: people in the know said he made the best double-play pivot
September 19, 20179 yr A local guy out of U of Minnesota, played in 73 games from 1992-93... J.T. Bruett Flashback to summer of 1996. I'm interning for a TV station in Harrisburg, PA, home of the AA Harrisburg Senators (at the time, a Montreal Expos affiliate...still with the Nationals now). I'm standing down by the first base railing assisting my reporter with his liveshot for the 6pm newscast and I'm wearing a Twins hat. Bruett comes over to me with one of his teammates as he's walking in from batting practice to the dugout and says, 'hey, nice hat'. I come right back with, 'hey, I know who you are' which made his teammate break up with laughter almost like Bruett wouldn't think I'd know I'd be a superfan.
September 19, 20179 yr Gary Wayne. Don't know if it was the camera angle and he was a lefty, but he seemed to have a unique delivery. Denny Neagle...ugh Kenny Rogers...first game I brought my kids to, he was starting against Seattle...gave up seven runs in the first inning....yay!!! Juan Rincon..was at a game we were playing the Yankees, and he was pitching to ARod. Guy behind me was yelling at some Yankees fans in front of me about how ARod was a roiding cheater... I told him he might want to wait till someone else was pitching.
September 19, 20179 yr Chad Allen Bobby Kielty/Dustin Mohr Kelvin Torve...first AB got blown away by Dennis Eckersley..."career" didn't get much better from there.
September 19, 20179 yr Willie Norwood seems not to have been mentioned in this thread. Is that because he is indeed "a legend"?
September 20, 20179 yr It should have been 1 per post, ya know, extend the joy. Search told me these legends were not present: Bob Gorinski - inaugural member of the Lumber Company, with Craig Kusick. OPS of .548 in his sole season at age 25. Terry Felton - Louisiana Lightning Jr. when he came up. called "untouchable" by Calvin Griffith after a decent start. Finished his career at 24 with an 0-16 record, 5.53 ERA. Walks haunted, 76 in 117 IP. On a happier note, 1995 1st rounder Mark Redman became an All Star with Kansas City while posting a final season ERA of 5.71! Dude did throw over 1000 mob innings though, to a final WAR of 11.
September 20, 20179 yr From the bullpen:Matt Guerrier Backup catcher (okay, maybe third-string):Mark Salas
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