[Red State1]

Willie Mays started 0 for 20.    Leo saw something and struck with him. AB 21 was a HR of Warren Spann    Sometimes coaches know things

Great story by Jake on Rivals where Esquer says defense wins games.

And sometimes they don't.

Ryne Sandberg.  Jeff Bagwell.  Curt Schilling.  Nolan Ryan.  Pedro Martinez.  Fergie Jenkins.  Miguel Cabrera.  Christy Mathewson.  Shoeless Joe Jackson.  Babe Ruth.  Roberto Alomar.  Dan Brouthers.  Goose Gossage.  Burleigh Grimes.  Waite Hoyt.  Deacon White.  

All Hall of Famers (or equivalent).  All traded before age 25.

I played against Sandberg in HS. Great all-around athlete with tremendous speed. He was taken late in the '78 Draft, something like the 27th round. I think his late selection may have had to do with his signing a LOI to play QB for WSU. The Phillies made a brobdingnagian blunder by trading him. Of course, he returned to Philadelphia to manage the team, but with little success. Interestingly, my childhood friend and teammate, Rex Hudler, was taken in Rd. 1 by the Yankees in that same draft, turning down a scholarship to play WR for Notre Dame. It took Rex six years to debut in MLB, the same year Sandberg won National League MVP.

[Red State1]

Willie Mays started 0 for 20.    Leo saw something and struck with him. AB 21 was a HR of Warren Spann    Sometimes coaches know things

Great story by Jake on Rivals where Esquer says defense wins games.

And sometimes they don't.

Ryne Sandberg.  Jeff Bagwell.  Curt Schilling.  Nolan Ryan.  Pedro Martinez.  Fergie Jenkins.  Miguel Cabrera.  Christy Mathewson.  Shoeless Joe Jackson.  Babe Ruth.  Roberto Alomar.  Dan Brouthers.  Goose Gossage.  Burleigh Grimes.  Waite Hoyt.  Deacon White.  

All Hall of Famers (or equivalent).  All traded before age 25.

I played against Sandberg in HS. Great all-around athlete with tremendous speed. He was taken late in the '78 Draft, something like the 27th round. I think his late selection may have had to do with his signing a LOI to play QB for WSU. The Phillies made a brobdingnagian blunder by trading him. Of course, he returned to Philadelphia to manage the team, but with little success. Interestingly, my childhood friend and teammate, Rex Hudler, was taken in Rd. 1 by the Yankees in that same draft, turning down a scholarship to play WR for Notre Dame. It took Rex six years to debut in MLB, the same year Sandberg won National League MVP.