09:45 PM
12/21/24
12/21/24
June 06, 2010
There were five players chosen ahead of Derek Jeter in the '92 MLB draft. What are they doing today?:
“The only thing I regret is not taking steroids, as bad as it sounds,” [Mottola] said. “I’m not mad at them. I’m more mad at the system that allowed it to happen. Maybe if I had done it, I’d be living the way they’re living. But I know the way I played, and I’m not bitter at all.”
posted by mr_crash_davis to baseball at 01:00 PM - 1 comment
Ah, the only guy here who really didn't do anything is Wallace. Mottola does have a career in baseball. Shuey, Hammonds and Nevin all had decent careers and made the proverbial shitload of money. I would think you could find a better example of the old "how much of a crapshoot the draft is" than this.
However, I am not a Jeter hater. I think he's one of the smartest players I've ever seen.
Good read, thanks.
As accompanying material - here's Posnanski on Bryce Harper