To the extent of that fight, people are going to have to guess. How it was caused, there was support there for him.

LESS FILLING!

How is Bush doing on the "worst #1 pick of all time" list? People here call him "The Padres' Ryan Leaf."

He's worse than the other Bush (s)elected in 2004. Is that even legal?

Here's hoping the Nats or the Mariners get the first overall pick in 09

He'll never play in Peoria.

Brien Taylor is unimpressed.

How is Bush doing on the "worst #1 pick of all time" list?

Worst overall #1 picks, 1965-2000:

1. Danny Goodwin, 1971 and 1975 (because he was drafted there *twice*)
2. Steve Chilcott, 1966
3. Brien Taylor, 1991
4. Al Chambers, 1979
5. Shawn Abner, 1984

At this point, Bush would go ahead of Taylor, and just behind Chilcott. We'll see how his career plays out.

The 1991 draft, IMO, was the worst first round ever.

-- MWE

#1 and #4 are the funniest things I've read in a long time.

Bushmills around bar

That's Protestant whiskey.

So is Bush aiming to be a two-sport star, dividing his time between Major League Baseball and the UFC?

Worst overall #1 picks, 1965-2000:

1. Danny Goodwin, 1971 and 1975 (because he was drafted there *twice*)
2. Steve Chilcott, 1966
3. Brien Taylor, 1991
4. Al Chambers, 1979
5. Shawn Abner, 1984

At this point, Bush would go ahead of Taylor, and just behind Chilcott. We'll see how his career plays out.

The 1991 draft, IMO, was the worst first round ever.

-- MWE

At least 1991 yielded a Hall of Famer in Manny and a borderline candidate in Shawn Green, but you are right, it is quite the leper colony.

Did he get beat up by Cole Hamels?

Cole Hamels?

The Padres would do better if they could just scout SAN DIEGO COUNTY more effectively.

Padres farm system overseer Grady Fuson

What we have here is a failure to communicate.

Ya I would have gone with overlord.

At least 1991 yielded a Hall of Famer in Manny and a borderline candidate in Shawn Green

I take it that you're a believer in a big hall?

I take it that you're a believer in a big hall?

The Hall Of Fame Of Jewish Right Fielders.

Note that I said borderline candidate, in that he will see at least a few votes go his way, and some idiot sportswriter will campaign for him. Possibly from one of those big Hebrew papers out east.

"Note that I said borderline candidate, in that he will see at least a few votes go his way..."

I think this is an entirely defensible contention. To think that Shawn Green is less than a marginal HOF candidate is misguided. (Mind you, I don't think Green belongs in the HOF, nor do I think players of similar career value to him belong. But those who are in his range are definitely borderline candidates and deserve to be called that.)

Career OPS+:

Jim Rice -- 128
Moises Alou -- 128
Shawn Green -- 120
Dale Murphy -- 121
Steve Garvey -- 116

Career WARP3:

Dale Murphy -- 86.4
Shawn Green -- 82.9
Moises Alou -- 80.6
Jim Rice -- 80.2
Steve Garvey -- 79.2

Possibly from one of those big Hebrew papers out east.

I didn't know the Kiryas Joel Evening Post had a writer in the BBWAA.

What we have here is a failure to communicate.

There are two iconic phrases from the 60's which are routinely misstated: one adds an "a" where there originally was none, and one omits an "a" where there was one.

"What we have here, is failure to communicate"

"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"

"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"

From Wikipedia:

It has long been assumed that Armstrong had mistakenly omitted the word "a" from his famous remark ("one small step for a man"), rendering the phrase a contradiction, as man in such use is synonymous with mankind. Armstrong is quoted as saying that he "would hope that history would grant me leeway for dropping the syllable and understand that it was certainly intended, even if it wasn't said – although it might actually have been."

It has since been claimed that acoustic analysis of the recording reveals the presence of the missing "a".[34] A digital audio analysis conducted by Peter Shann Ford, an Australia-based computer programmer, claims that Armstrong did, in fact, say "a man", but the "a" was inaudible due to the limitations of communications technology of the time.[35][36][37] Ford and James R. Hansen, Armstrong's authorized biographer, presented these findings to Armstrong and NASA representatives, who conducted their own analysis.[38] The article by Ford, however, is published on Ford's own web site rather than in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and linguists David Beaver and Mark Liberman at Language Log were skeptical of Ford's claims.[39][40][41][42][43][44] Armstrong has expressed his preference that written quotations include the "a" in parentheses.[45]

"Padres farm system overseer Grady Fuson said Bush, 22, is still participating in workouts at the club’s training site."

I remember when Grady Fuson left the A's for Texas, Oakland tried to stop that move. I also recall that Fuson as an Asst GM in Texas was a failure. What I didn't realize was that he's been with the Padres for 3 years. However, the Pads have had some lousy drafts in recent years -- does Fuson deserve some blame?

#22 -- not for Matt Bush, anyway.

That's funny. I was sure I read that Fuson was persona non grata in Oakland after making the horrible gaffe of drafting Jeremy Bonderman.

The big reason that the A's tried to stop Fuson's move to Texas was because he was under contract in Oakland and his move to Texas was more-less lateral. As I understand these things, it is deemed okay for a coach or front-office guy to take a job with another organization, even when he's under contract, as long as the move is upward. The A's argued that Fuson's departure for Texas was not.

I think Tim Belcher belongs on Mike's list somewhere. Failing to sign the #1 overall pick, due to pure cheapness? Harsh.

That's funny. I was sure I read that Fuson was persona non grata in Oakland after making the horrible gaffe of drafting Jeremy Bonderman.

... and now Depo and Fuson are together again