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  1. 02-07-2012 03:12 PM #16
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    I thought I read that DD said he was closer to 18. But I get the premise of what your saying. We don't sign sophomores but we certainly scout them. Response to Nadecir's post
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  2. 02-07-2012 03:14 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by shoriole View Post
    I thought I read that DD said he was closer to 18. But I get the premise of what your saying. We don't sign sophomores but we certainly scout them. Response to Nadecir's post
    Maybe in Latin America. Little, if any, scouting of domestic high schoolers occurs.
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  3. 02-07-2012 03:45 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stotle View Post
    Maybe in Latin America. Little, if any, scouting of domestic high schoolers occurs.
    If MLB teams aren't doing it, then this is exactly what the Orioles should be doing: finding talent in untapped pools.

    Unless there is an explicit law or a written agreement between MLB and KBO, then I care not for any 'precedent'. KBO should have wrapped this kid up if they didn't want him signing with MLB.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sangar View Post
    If you never make anyone angry, you're not trying hard enough.
    Does this apply to the OH?
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    Quote Originally Posted by srock View Post
    If MLB teams aren't doing it, then this is exactly what the Orioles should be doing: finding talent in untapped pools.

    Unless there is an explicit law or a written agreement between MLB and KBO, then I care not for any 'precedent'. KBO should have wrapped this kid up if they didn't want him signing with MLB.
    I never said Baltimore shouldn't scout Korean high schoolers. I was just pointing out that it's incorrect to say that MLB teams scout US high school sophomores. They don't.

    I'd also have no issue with the KBO trying to prevent MLB from poaching HSers before they graduate.
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  6. 02-07-2012 04:58 PM #21
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    A quick search for information on Korean school systems shows that they graduate at age 19 so let's acknowledge that before continuing with disparaging remarks based on being a 17-year-old sophomore.
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    The smart teams take advantage of the loopholes or the system while they can. Finally, the O's are at the forefront of something. I have no problem with the KBB making rules to prevent this from happening to protect their system. However, until they do, let's have at it.
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  8. 02-07-2012 05:44 PM #23
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    I can see it now...

    Bud Selig: "What the hell is this?... Hey can anyone here read Korean?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Snuffleupagus View Post
    I can see it now...

    Bud Selig: "What the hell is this?... Hey can anyone here read Korean?"



    What???
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  10. 02-07-2012 06:28 PM #25
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    all players should be in the draft. And 18 should be the age for the draft.
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    Quote Originally Posted by atomic View Post
    all players should be in the draft. And 18 should be the age for the draft.
    So the NPB should just close up shop then?

    You would be ok with all of Latin America drying up like Puerto Rico in terms of baseball prospects?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spoonless View Post
    A quick search for information on Korean school systems shows that they graduate at age 19 so let's acknowledge that before continuing with disparaging remarks based on being a 17-year-old sophomore.
    Korean High Schools are three years, so 'sophomore' is most likely the equivalent of being a Junior in the U.S.. (I'm guessing he has one year left, but I could certainly be wrong.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Can_of_corn View Post
    So the NPB should just close up shop then?

    You would be ok with all of Latin America drying up like Puerto Rico in terms of baseball prospects?

    I'm not sure of the history of baseball in PR but I am interested if the talent got worse because the players are subject to the draft. Let's use the Dominican for example. Even if there is a draft, isn't baseball still the way to money and out of the country? If the system says you can no longer sign at 16 but now you most likely will be 18, will Dominicans stop seeing baseball as the same opportunity as they do now? I realize there was quite a cycle of great players from PR with Pudge and JuanGon among others. The question is was there always a great pipeline and did it stop because of the draft? There may be a correlation but I'm not sure what or why it is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by weams View Post


    What???
    This has to be a joke
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaosLex View Post
    Heehee. Now we've managed to tee off an entire Asian country. Will wonders never cease.

    http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/46291562

    Yes -- but by pissing off South Korea that probably gives us an in with Kim Jun Il and the North Koreans. No telling what kind of baseball players they are developing up there.
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