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Sunday, July 08, 2012
The Hawk couldn’t fly fast enough for the Royals.
“When I was in high school, I was introduced to a guy who told me about the Royals Academy,” Dawson said of the now-defunct facility in Fort Myers, Fla., that trained young players and produced the likes of Frank White and Ron Washington.
“It was just after I had my knee surgery in football. I went out on a fluke to see what it was about. I was one of about 60 kids participating, but only one of four invited for the final day. I talked to a scout who worked for the Academy, and he said, ‘You’re probably not going to make the Academy because you didn’t run the 60-(yard dash) fast enough.’ ”
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.
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1. The District Attorney Posted: July 08, 2012 at 07:47 PM (#4176299)I know Francoeur is struggling to get his OBP to .300 again but this would have been rather extreme.
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.
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