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Aaron Akin
Aaron Akin has a strong right arm, but his right hand played a major part in the Marlins' making him the 12th overall selection in Tuesday's draft. Or, rather, what he was prepared to do with his right hand: sign a contract. Akin, a hard-throwing 20-year-old who led Cowley County (Kan.) Community College to a national championship last weekend, needed under an hour to agree on a contract with a bonus worth between $1 million and $1.1 million.
Akin received the phone call from the Marlins at his home in Manhattan, Kan., at 1:10 p.m. Tuesday, agreed to terms by about 2 p.m., and then was out the door and headed to Kansas City for an evening flight to Fort Lauderdale. "It was real quick," said Don Akin, his father. "I thought he should wait a little while just to think about it and check out things, but Aaron wanted to be the first one to sign. He just wanted to go play ball."
"I haven't proven anything yet," said Akin, 10-0 with an 0.78 ERA during the regular season for Cowley County, with 84 strikeouts and 16 walks in 66 innings. He allowed 13 runs in three games at the Junior College World Series, but started both victories and got the last two outs in relief in the championship game after one day of rest. - South Florida Sun Sentinel, Jun 04, 1997
After being drafted 12th overall, Aaron Akin was a disaster, going 9-27 in the minor leagues and independent league with a 4.74 ERA. Akin never made the major leagues and the Marlins let him go after 2000. - bleacher report
Here ya go, Amazin'
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