Televised??

Now I like Baseball as much as the next guy, and dont get me wrong, I read the paper and articles about it the day after. But come on now? Most of the players , even to the casual fan, are no names that no one has heard of. Except of course their parents, and the fans of the school that they went to. Compounded with the fact that it generally takes 2-3 years at the least to get to the bigs, and the fact that it is on in the middle of the day? I didnt watch, as I was at work, but it doesnt seem like a ratings smash if you ask me.

With that out of the way.....

With the seventh over all pick, same as the Prince, the Brewers selected Matthew LaPorta, senior, University of Florida. According to his information blurb, he is a hitter in the truest sene of the word. That is, weak on defense, strong on power/average. Brewers.com says that they will immediately move him to left field and start him at Low A West Virginia.

Although I am really impressed that the Brewers brain trust did not take a high school pitcher, I am dissuaded by the fact that this guy had nagging injuries all of his junior year and part of his senior. Also by the fact that he has almost no speed, and an arm "good enough for a first baseman." Outside of that, I look forward to him beating up on A ball high schoolers, taking them yard on a regular basis. Not to mention the fact that he had 15 strikeouts, 55 walks, and 20 homers in his 169 senior at bats. He was the SEC player of the year twice. Not bad for the supposed best conference in NCAA baseball. I tend to like the southwestern conferences my self like the WAC and PAC-10.

Unfortunately, the Crew does not pick until number 101. I will not be watching.