Comments on: 100 Greatest Phillies: 77 – Freddy Leach

By: Don Floyd

Don Floyd — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:33:47 +0000

This was my Grandfather, he lived a wonderful life after baseball in southern Idaho where he loved his ranch and fishing. He had many great stories of his years in farm and major ball.
Thank you for this page about him!

Don Floyd

By: Tim Malcolm

Tim Malcolm — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:42:43 +0000

Well it happens a lot, especially with guys on the fence between high school and college. High school players who have upside might test the draft, get picked in the 1st to 6th rounds or so, and opt to go to college because they think they can get a better slot later.

It’s all about slotting. If a guy is picked in a certain place, he knows approx. what he’ll get because of slotting.

By: John Fire

John Fire — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:37:13 +0000

This is kind of not related to the topic, but I noticed something today while perusing old philly drafts: we’ve drafted a ton of guys who opted not to sign with us and then ultimately had much success elsewhere. A few names include:

Chuck Knoblauch
Vince Coleman
Bobby Higginson (a Philly guy!)
Scott Hatteberg
J.D. Drew (we all remember that)
Casey Blake
Derrick Turnbow

Just thought it was interesting…