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Since There's No Game Tonight
| MFS62 Jun 15 2006 08:27 PM |
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Here's something to keep you occupied.
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| Nymr83 Jun 15 2006 08:46 PM |
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going back to the list from 10 years ago, 1996, i count 47/100 who are still in the game (i could be off by 1 or 2 in either direction as i didnt actually look each guy up.)
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| SI Metman Jun 15 2006 09:05 PM |
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and look who was in the Top 5 in both 1994 and 1995.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 15 2006 09:11 PM |
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Some of those guys turned out to be pretty good.
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| Methead Jun 15 2006 09:40 PM |
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I didn't realize the Yankees blew their #1 pick on Brien Taylor in 1992 AND 1993...
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| Gwreck Jun 15 2006 10:28 PM |
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Those aren't draft picks...those are lists of the top prospects throughout all of baseball.
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| Elster88 Jun 15 2006 10:37 PM |
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The evenings following an afternoon game are so much more relaxing when a W was put on the board.
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| Elster88 Jun 15 2006 10:40 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 16 2006 08:58 AM |
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[u:a44dff8dd5]2006[/u:a44dff8dd5]
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| MFS62 Jun 16 2006 06:41 AM |
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What's sad is that after David Wright and maybe Fonzie and Reyes, the best position player on those lists could have been Brian Cole.
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| Nymr83 Jun 16 2006 07:27 AM |
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Hundley was good fpr awhile and you can hardly call Preston Wilson's career a waste. Milledge should end up higher than either of those two as well.
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| Elster88 Jun 16 2006 08:47 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 16 2006 09:20 AM |
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Jay Payton was/is decent.
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| Yancy Street Gang Jun 16 2006 08:50 AM |
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Cole was projected to have a pretty high ceiling. I read somewhere recently that he was as highly regarded as Milledge is currently.
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| ScarletKnight41 Jun 16 2006 09:19 AM |
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I remember watching Brian Cole when he was a B-Met.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 16 2006 09:19 AM |
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Keep in mind that Cole had yet to play AA at the time of his death so his "ceiling" as a MLB player was still more in the realm of projection than even someone like Milledge, not to mention long-time MLers like JayPay & Preston.
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| ScarletKnight41 Jun 16 2006 09:20 AM |
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FK - are you SURE? I swear I remember seeing him in AA.
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| Edgy DC Jun 16 2006 09:20 AM |
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Cole could have been what he could have been --- the best or the least of them. It's sad either way.
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| metirish Jun 16 2006 09:23 AM |
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Don't the Mets give out a 'Brian Cole" award each year, not sure what it's for, I think maybe the organizations top prospect.
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| MFS62 Jun 16 2006 09:32 AM |
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That's why I said "could have been". I had several email discussions with Lisa Winston after Cole died. She used to write the minor league prospect column for the USA Today Baseball Paper (don't know if she still does). She said she thought Brian had the highest upside of any minor leaguer she had ever seen. She added that she had met with Brian several times, and was impressed with what a "nice kid" he was. She was personally saddened by his death, as were many Mets fans who had either met him or seen him play. I felt he had the ability to become another Jimmy Wynn, a short guy, with a combination of speed and power. Later
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| ScarletKnight41 Jun 16 2006 09:35 AM |
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[url=http://www.sports-central.org/community/boards/archive/index.php/t-934.html]Cole did play for Binghamton[/url]
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| Frayed Knot Jun 16 2006 09:39 AM |
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I know he was sked to head to Binghamton when he wrecked, I thought it was for his first go-around there but I suppose it's possible he had finished up the previous year there as well. Either way, as promising as he was, he was not yet as accomplished or highly ranked as Milledge (middle of the top 100 lists), nor as close to the bigs. So where it's possible that he blew a great career by not buckling up, it was hardly a sure thing. edit: cross-posted w/above
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| Methead Jun 16 2006 09:47 AM |
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"Those aren't draft picks..."
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