Happy birthday, Darrel Akerfelds
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 12, 2008 10:00 AM CDT
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PrintHappy birthday today to former Ranger pitcher Darrel Akerfelds, who is 46 today.
Don't remember Akerfelds? That is understandable...he was a guy selected by the Rangers in the Rule 5 draft before the 1989 season, who only appeared in 6 games (and threw 11 innings) for them in 1989. Akerfelds was a Mariners 1st round pick, #7 overall, in 1983. They had the #7 pick again in 1985, and took another pitcher who ended up having a brief stint with the Rangers, Mike Campbell.
If you are a pitcher, you don't want to go #7 overall, it doesn't appear. Along with Akerfelds and Campbell, Mike Dunne and Brad Brink were picked #7 overall in the 80s, and you probably haven't heard of them. The Royals took pitchers at #7 overall in 1997 and 1999, and ended up with Dan Reichart and Kyle Snyder. Matt Harrington went #7 overall to the Rockies in 2000. The Rangers have had the #7 overall pick only once in their history, and used it to select Jonathon Johnson. Other high-profile #7 pitching flameouts include Doug Million, Matt White (who got something like $10 million after being declared a free agent in 1996 because of a paperwork snafu, and then got hurt), and Chris Smith.
Homer Bailey went #7 overall in 2004, and Clayton Kershaw in 2006. So if you have them in a keeper league...well, you might want to try to move them now, before the curse of the #7 strikes.
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"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008
"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008
Here's a tip
When a post starts with “Happy Birthday…” don’t read it. Then you don’t have to suffer through it.
This post doesn’t have anything to do with a birthday but pitchers taken 7th overall. What’s wrong with that type of post?
JD drinks the Angels milkshake.
visual pollution clogging up my world, dude.
"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008
"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008
Ummm.....
I thought for sure today would at least include a quick hit about a reader that has been a part of the old blog, LSB 1 and 2. Nope. I’m hurt. On my 36th too.
happy 36th
"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008
"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008
If I was in Portland, I'd buy you a wicked lap dance
Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love .
by Brian Thomas on Jun 12, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh
If anyone feels slighted about birthdays, I’ve had way too many. I’d give some of them away if anyone is feeling needy. :))
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
by Ed Coffin on Jun 12, 2008 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Sorry Ed
No giving away birthdays. Who would be our elder statesman?
miles takes him upon it and turns 21 immediately
"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008
"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008
What? Who needs birthdays?
Jessi Wales needs about 300 of them, right now.
Then maybe he will go away…
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
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