Comments on: What Happened To All Those Draft Picks? Part Two http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Imagining Frank Thomas as a Yankee | River Avenue Blues http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/#comment-772713 Imagining Frank Thomas as a Yankee | River Avenue Blues Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:01:20 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=20826#comment-772713 [...] Even if he had fallen to them at No. 15, the Dodgers would have been the beneficiaries, since they received the Yankees’ first round pick as compensation for free agent Steve Sax. I didn’t know that at the time, of course, but that [...] [...] Even if he had fallen to them at No. 15, the Dodgers would have been the beneficiaries, since they received the Yankees’ first round pick as compensation for free agent Steve Sax. I didn’t know that at the time, of course, but that [...]

]]> By: What Happened To All Those Draft Picks? Part Four | River Avenue Blues http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/#comment-722721 What Happened To All Those Draft Picks? Part Four | River Avenue Blues Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:52:05 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=20826#comment-722721 [...] happened to the draft picks the Yankees forfeited as free agent compensation from 1979 to 1985, 1986 to 1991, 1992 to 2001, and today we’ll wrap up the series by looking at the picks surrendered between [...] [...] happened to the draft picks the Yankees forfeited as free agent compensation from 1979 to 1985, 1986 to 1991, 1992 to 2001, and today we’ll wrap up the series by looking at the picks surrendered between [...]

]]> By: coolerking http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/#comment-720751 coolerking Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:40:52 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=20826#comment-720751 I believe he suffered from Gigantisism. Saxy boy never did know when to keep his mouth shut. I believe he suffered from Gigantisism.

Saxy boy never did know when to keep his mouth shut.

]]> By: Nigel Bangs http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/#comment-720428 Nigel Bangs Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:20:48 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=20826#comment-720428 almost as tragic as ken griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw. almost as tragic as ken griffey’s grotesquely swollen jaw.

]]> By: Pittsburgh Pinstripes http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/#comment-720202 Pittsburgh Pinstripes Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:06:07 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=20826#comment-720202 Derek Bell is universally despised in Pittsburgh. Brian Fisher was a dud. Candelaria was talented, but a total goofball. Nyjer Morgan is a good guy, but useless to the Yankees. Terry Carr was really hot, back n the day. Oh wait, that was Terri Garr. Never mind. Derek Bell is universally despised in Pittsburgh. Brian Fisher was a dud. Candelaria was talented, but a total goofball. Nyjer Morgan is a good guy, but useless to the Yankees. Terry Carr was really hot, back n the day. Oh wait, that was Terri Garr. Never mind.

]]> By: Sam http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/#comment-720097 Sam Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:36:49 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=20826#comment-720097 The law won? The law won?

]]> By: Stevie V. http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/#comment-720060 Stevie V. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:09:24 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=20826#comment-720060 Amazingly enough...That's actually a fact, and one that most people wouldn't believe. However, from 1980-1989 the Yankees won 854 games. Detroit was second in that span with 839. And somehow the Seattle Mariners haven't contracted yet with only 673 wins in that 10 year span. Amazingly enough…That’s actually a fact, and one that most people wouldn’t believe.
However, from 1980-1989 the Yankees won 854 games. Detroit was second in that span with 839.

And somehow the Seattle Mariners haven’t contracted yet with only 673 wins in that 10 year span.

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/#comment-719988 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:18:41 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=20826#comment-719988 FACT: The Yankees won more games in the 1980's than any other team in baseball. FACT: The Yankees won more games in the 1980′s than any other team in baseball.

]]> By: larryf http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/#comment-719977 larryf Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:13:26 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=20826#comment-719977 Nyjer Morgan? Nyjer Morgan?

]]> By: Slu http://riveraveblues.com/2009/12/what-happened-to-all-those-draft-picks-part-two-20826/#comment-719960 Slu Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:03:01 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=20826#comment-719960 I know it is super simplistic and non-scientific, but it does seem as if these draft picks are being over-valued these days. I know it is super simplistic and non-scientific, but it does seem as if these draft picks are being over-valued these days.

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