Saturday, May 23, 2009

Hey, Get a load of those Phillies!!!

Hey, Get a load of those Phillies!!! It's one thing to see

Raul Ibanez suddenly looking like Babe Ruth for the

Philadelphia Phillies, the former Seattle Mariner slugging

his Major League-leading 17th home run on Saturday. But

now here comes John Mayberry Jr. knocking one over

the fence for the Phillies as well in his big-league debut for

the Phillies, a 5-4 loss to the Yankees. You might remember

Mayberry as the big kid the Mariners drafted in the first

round in 2002 out of high school in Kansas City, but never

signed. The M's gambled and lost on that one, knowing

Mayberry already had a scholarship offer to Stanford, but

thinking they could woo the son of former Yankees slugger

John Mayberry to pro ball. Instead, the two sides never agreed

on his signing bonus and he stuck with school instead.

For more information, checkout the Seattle Sports Blog


Aint that a toot? Not only did the Mariners lose out on the

draft in 2002 but because they dropped the ball in 2002 by not

signing Mayberry, but Seattle got a compensatory bid and drafted

Adam Jones. All over your are seeing scorched earth where ex or

never was Mariners are taking off like rockets. Wait a minute

that's Houston. Naah, wrong game. Anyhooo, with fun and

games things like this going on, this looks like a veery inter-

esssting baseball season. The author of this article is a retired

aerospace engineer and the owner/operator of a consumer

electronics web store. Come check us out at Buy Comps4Less.

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