microline133

Penn State vs USC whiteout game in October with the boys.....should be a great time!

Good Area Scouts build relationships with players in their areas over several years. They talk regularly, they know the families. Players are talking to any scout/team that is showing interest and whether they want to divulge other conversations is their discretion and how they want to play the game. Area Scouts are talking to players as the draft is happening..."We are thinking about grabbing you here. If we do that, does a $20k bonus get it done?" If they've fine their job, the bonus question is just confirmatory and not a real question. The teams are doing the math on their bonus pool in real time as a result of this information. When the draft concludes they have a high confidence in how the signings are all going to play out.

Nope.

The Area Scout's job is to get to know the player, understand what it will take to sign them, etc. They are vital to a team being able to execute a draft strategy.

This is not a clerical error. It is routine business and these players told the Tigers they would sign for these bonuses before they even picked them. There will not be any animosity toward the club over this.

Tickets are done via random lottery every year; no wait-list. I believe lottery registration is June 1-20, 2026 for the 2027 tournament.

No, it was AA.

I sat on back-to-back series when he was with Erie and he didn't make contact in anything over 92, if memory serves. It wasn't particularly close either. That report was less than flattering when I wrote it up and I heard it from the org when it was published.

Interesting, maybe only to me, but seeing this just crystallized the history of some road names out here. A common one being Boston Post Road running through several towns near me. The creation of a federal Post Office and the designation or creation of associated Post Roads connects some dots with present day road names that have survived. I'll have to dig into it a little later today to verify.

I'll actually be in the house for this one!

Definitely a house down the street that hands out nips to parents as they come by. It's very welcome at that point in the journey.

Jalen Carter was also out.

College baseball, fall weigh in....showed up my freshman year, stepped on the scale and the trainer said 6-2, 185. The head coach immediately told the guy writing stuff down 6-4, 225 and that continued with every player. Don't ever believe college (or minor league) height/weight!

Josue Briceno, as a prospect, is exceptionally overrated.

Not really.