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Amazin69 · 06-04-2015, 10:56 PM

Googled up this topic and was pleased to find that "impossible" isn't quite so. As I usually spend almost nothing on draftees (avoid ones with strict bonus demands), I can afford to overpay for one or two where it comes out as "slot"/"impossible"…since the "slot" doesn't exist past Round 5 anyway.

As far as "impossible" signings IRL, in his book, Dallas Green writes that everybody was convinced Ryne Sandberg was going to college, which is why he was still on the board when the Phillies took him in the 20th round of the 1980 draft. The local scout (Bill Harper, Bryce's grandad) worked some magic, and not so impossible after all. Of course, Green had to trade for Sandberg to get him again, since by the time Ryno was ready, Green had moved to the Cubs, but still.

And Keith Hernandez had quit his high school baseball team over conflicts with the coach and was just playing American Legion ball, and everyone was convinced that Keith was going to take a football scholarship (wide receiver, offers from Cal, Navy, and Air Force), which is how he was still available in the 51st round of whatever draft the Cardinals took a chance on him in. (1971, I think.)

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Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 3,528 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Googled up this topic and was pleased to find that "impossible" isn't quite so. As I usually spend almost nothing on draftees (avoid ones with strict bonus demands), I can afford to overpay for one or two where it comes out as "slot"/"impossible"…since the "slot" doesn't exist past Round 5 anyway. As far as "impossible" signings IRL, in his book, Dallas Green writes that everybody was convinced Ryne Sandberg was going to college, which is why he was still on the board when the Phillies took him in the 20th round of the 1980 draft. The local scout (Bill Harper, Bryce's grandad) worked some magic, and not so impossible after all. Of course, Green had to trade for Sandberg to get him again, since by the time Ryno was ready, Green had moved to the Cubs, but still. And Keith Hernandez had quit his high school baseball team over conflicts with the coach and was just playing American Legion ball, and everyone was convinced that Keith was going to take a football scholarship (wide receiver, offers from Cal, Navy, and Air Force), which is how he was still available in the 51st round of whatever draft the Cardinals took a chance on him in. (1971, I think.)