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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Eric Knott: Surviving Professional Baseball in the Steroid Era

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posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:07 PM by Der_K to diamondbacks, expos, minor leagues, peds, writing worth reading | 114 comment(s)

At Hardball Talk, Calcaterra said of this B-Pro guest piece by former journeyman pitcher Eric Knott:

We should spill way less ink about who we think “the real Home Run King” is — as if that matters — and think way harder about those frequent minor league suspensions and what they mean to the people who are faced with the choice to take dangerous drugs or wind up out of baseball.

Against that backdrop is this excellent column from Eric Knott. Knott pitched 11 years in the minors and ...

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1. The District Attorney posted on July 08, 2012 at 07:47 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Dawson thought his time was sufficient, considering he was still wearing a protective knee brace. But he was not invited back by the Royals and decided to enroll at Florida A&M, from which he was taken by the Montreal Expos in the 11th round of the 1975 draft.

And his knees never bothered him again.

2. Bob Tufts posted on July 08, 2012 at 09:24 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

and do not forget UL Washington!

3. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) posted on July 08, 2012 at 11:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

UL always gets overlooked but he's probably the most successful story from the Royals Academy. Frank White and Ron Washington at least played ball in high school. UL Washington AFAIK was a football player who was fast and joined the Royals Academy because his brother urged him to and learned to play a competent shortstop. That was kind of the point of the Academy - to turn non-baseball players into baseball players.

4. Ray (RDP)

posted on July 08, 2012 at 11:35 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Hall of Famer Andre Dawson was almost a Royal

I know Francoeur is struggling to get his OBP to .300 again but this would have been rather extreme.

5. Walt Davis posted on July 09, 2012 at 06:59 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

11th round of the 1975 draft.

Pretty good pick there. :-)

He was the 250th pick. Needless to say, he has the most WAR of any #250 ever. #2 is Kevin Kobel with 2.2 WAR. That's it for positive WAR. Only 4 have ever made the majors.

#402 has Pujols and John Lowenstein and 2 other positive WAR players.

6. Matt Chico's Bail Bonds (Dan Lee) posted on July 09, 2012 at 07:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Tim Lincecum is, by far, the greatest 1408th pick in the history of the MLB draft. Justin Atchley (0.0 WAR) is the only other big leaguer taken 1408th.

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