<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>I'm <font color="black" face="arial" size="2">think Crawford went (to Brad and Mike) in the first $5 round of the reserve draft about two or three years before he hit the majors.<br>
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From: Mark Blocker <mbblocker@aol.com><br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">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.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">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.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">In the 1990 USML draft, Emily used the 202<sup>nd</sup> pick to draft Cecil Fielder for $1.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">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?</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">FYI: I don’t remember Crawford going that cheap, but give me an approximate year and I will look it up.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> <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>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 01, 2011 11:31 AM<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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.</span></div>
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From: <a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">I thought he was $4, but I just sent an e-mail mentioning him among some others.</span></div>
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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>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; 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>
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From: Richard Robbins <<a href="mailto:RERobbins@iTinker.net">RERobbins@iTinker.net</a>> <br>
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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? Keeper? Ever?> > Regards,> Brad> > _______________________________________________> announce mailing list> <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_______________________________________________announce">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_______________________________________________announce</a> mailing <a href="mailto:listannounce@usml.nethttp">listannounce@usml.nethttp</a>://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_____ <br>
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