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Old 11-30-2005, 01:16 PM   #14
DiMaggio5CF
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Originally Posted by f.montoya
But doesn't it happen in real life? I mean the Red Sox "settled" (19th pick in 1983) on a guy that scouts said might never be more than a decent reliever. It wasn't until the 1990's that scouts gave this guy proper scouting reports. His name?

Roger "The Rocket" Clemens.
But even in that case, shouldn't his talent start low but actually grow.

I mean, with Clemens and Piazza, maybe no one thought they were good when they were drafted, but in the prime of their careers no one would say they didn't have the talent to put up numbers.
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