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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hey, I can actually solve this mystery. A little known fact: I have a folder that has the USML draft list from every year since the league’s inception in 1989. I keep threatening Rich that I am going to scan these all in and put them on the usml.net website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Anyway, with the 101<sup>st</sup> pick in the 1992 draft, Jeff W. did indeed draft Kenny Lofton for $4. He purchased him one selection after Emily bought George Brett for $1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In the 1990 USML draft, Emily used the 202<sup>nd</sup> pick to draft Cecil Fielder for $1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’d vote for Lofton as the best keeper of all time. He stole 54 bases the year Jeff bought him, and 83 (!!) the following year. What would a guy like that go for now?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> -- Mark B.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI: I don’t remember Crawford going that cheap, but give me an approximate year and I will look it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> announce-bounces@usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>springkerb@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 01, 2011 11:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> announce@usml.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Ask Andy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I guess the real point of all this is that we'll have no idea where Hosmer ranks for at least a year or two. There are ten or twenty guys who start out this way for every one that sustains it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: springkerb@aol.com<br>To: announce@usml.net<br>Sent: Wed, Jun 1, 2011 11:25 am<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Ask Andy<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_3_4ac516da-31c0-41f4-a03e-886580f97a4c"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I thought he was $4, but I just sent an e-mail mentioning him among some others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Jeffrey Winick <<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com">jhwinick@aol.com</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br>Sent: Wed, Jun 1, 2011 11:19 am<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Ask Andy<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_0_1dc8e03d-b91c-4e6e-bfc5-a00026d3078c"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Wrong again. The correct answer would be Kenny Lofton back in the day. $2 contract that was extended for 3 years. He was stealing 60-70 bases each and every year to go along with a .300 average and a handful of home runs. <br> <br>-----Original Message----- <br>From: Richard Robbins <<a href="mailto:RERobbins@iTinker.net">RERobbins@iTinker.net</a>> <br>To: 'USML Announcements' <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> <br>Sent: Wed, Jun 1, 2011 10:50 am <br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Ask Andy <br> <br>Naah -- it was Grady Sizemore when I had him at $1 and even after I extendedhis contract. -----Original Message-----From: <a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net">announce-bounces@usml.net</a> [<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net?">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</a>] On BehalfOf Jim BarrettSent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:45 AMTo: USML AnnouncementsSubject: Re: [USML Announce] Ask AndyNo. That would be Bautista.Sent from my iPhoneOn Jun 1, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Brad Jansen <<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com">bljansen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:> Dear Professor:> > KC MAJ Hosmer, Eric 1B 4 2 2 2 .283 2B (6), SB (2)> > Best? 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