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07-16-2007, 10:22 PM
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| | Go Vols
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| No matter how good you are?
Does every player from college go into the minors or are there some players good enough to go straight to the bigs? If yes, who was the last great player to do so? | 
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07-16-2007, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Fine Vol  Does every player from college go into the minors or are there some players good enough to go straight to the bigs? If yes, who was the last great player to do so? | I cant think of any recent player that has done it. Several spend less than a full year in the minors. | |
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07-16-2007, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by vols kick balls I cant think of any recent player that has done it. Several spend less than a full year in the minors. | Why does it work in Bball and not baseball?  | |
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07-17-2007, 08:48 AM
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| | a lover, not a fighter
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| Didn't Mark Prior go straight to the bigs? | |
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07-17-2007, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by wbarron Didn't Mark Prior go straight to the bigs? | No, but he is one of the few guys who spent less than a year in the minors. Tim Lincecum from the Giants is the most recent to spend less that a year in the Minors. | |
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07-17-2007, 10:29 AM
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| I think Jeff Burroughs son did it......but it didn't work out to well. Bob Horner did it but that was a long time ago.
Hudson Street maybe? | |
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07-17-2007, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by crimedawg12 I think Jeff Burroughs son did it......but it didn't work out to well. Bob Horner did it but that was a long time ago.
Hudson Street maybe? | Did you mean Huston Street? If so then thats a good one. IDK about him. | |
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07-17-2007, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by vols kick balls Did you mean Huston Street? If so then thats a good one. IDK about him. | Yeah thats who I meant. | |
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07-17-2007, 10:41 AM
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| didn't he pitch in the CWS and MLB playoffs in the same year? | |
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07-17-2007, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by vols kick balls No, but he is one of the few guys who spent less than a year in the minors. Tim Lincecum from the Giants is the most recent to spend less that a year in the Minors. | I went back and looked and he made 9 starts in the minors. | |
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07-17-2007, 03:33 PM
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| | a lover, not a fighter
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Originally Posted by vols kick balls Huston Street played a total of 21 games in the minors. Id say thats about as close as you are going to see in a long time. | VKB, nice work on the quick research on these guys.
I lived in Austin for 3 years and saw Street pitch a few times. He seemed like a guy who could step right into the bigs and get it done. | |
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07-17-2007, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by crimedawg12 IBob Horner did it but that was a long time ago. | Somebody call my name? | |
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07-17-2007, 04:44 PM
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| | Fluidmaster
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| Pete Incaviglia is the last guy I can remember that came straight out of college to the majors and never played a game in the minors. | 
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