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Round 20 - Ryan Ripken: 1B, Gillman HS (MD)

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Ampontan Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Seems a little early for this kind of selection since normally you can find some good solid college minor league depth guys in this range. Nice for the kid to say he was drafted by the O's.

Sorry for the me-too post, but I agree. Russell's son and Graham's nephew were drafted in the 30s, where these picks start to show up. That's where this one should have been.

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I was listening on 105.7 today and they had the Orioles dir of Scouting Gary R (dont want to guess at his name). He's sounded as if they will make every effort to sign him. With his family he will always have 2 things .... A Job & Money and can go to college when ever he wants. No reason not to go to the minors asap.

I dont know if he will sign ...But I dont see why not!

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Ryan, if you're reading this, please consider getting an education first. A quality education can take you so much farther in this life than a baseball could ever. At least the chances are better. If it was meant to be, you will be an oriole or a professional baseball player in due time. Dr. Ripken has a nice sound to it.

This is one time I will disagree with you. This is not you, or me, or someone you know. This is someone who has a trust and a non-profit or a multimillion dollar business that he can run if he wants to. This is someone who does not need a scholarship to get the finest education known to man. This is also a six six lefty who has all the right genetics to be in the one one hundred thousanth of a percent of those young men who aspire to a professional baseball career that may actually have the opportunity and the cleared pathway to achieve that. If he has that desire. It's up to him and I am sure he has all the advice he can stand /soapbox

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This is one time I will disagree with you. This is not you, or me, or someone you know. This is someone who has a trust and a non-profit or a multimillion dollar business that he can run if he wants to. This is someone who does not need a scholarship to get the finest education known to man. This is also a six six lefty who has all the right genetics to be in the one one hundred thousanth of a percent of those young men who aspire to a professional baseball career that may actually have the opportunity and the cleared pathway to achieve that. If he has that desire. It's up to him and I am sure he has all the advice he can stand /soapbox

WOW!

Weams you just sold me on wanting lil' Rip' to sign! ...sorry for the awful nickname :)

Here's to hoping he signs! :beerchug1:

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David R. Osborne - English Teacher at Accademia Language School, Vicenza, Italy

imagine, being told that you can learn to play the best game in the world, and get paid more money than you ever dreamed possible.. Could I please go back to my youth? I promise I'll train everyday of the year to do one thing, play baseball.

David could be a teacher, or a Dr. or a truck driver. He could live in Italy, or Holland, or Venezuela, or even the good old U.S.A.

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I don't think it'd be best for Ripken's baseball career to sign now. From what I've seen of him, he needs a lot of focused instruction and reps to improve, and I don't think he's good enough to get consistent reps with a pro team right now. He could grow into his body, become a star for SC, and get drafted in the top ten rounds, and I'm sure the Orioles would love to have him then, but I don't think he'd benefit as a ballplayer from starting his pro career now.

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This is one time I will disagree with you. This is not you, or me, or someone you know. This is someone who has a trust and a non-profit or a multimillion dollar business that he can run if he wants to. This is someone who does not need a scholarship to get the finest education known to man. This is also a six six lefty who has all the right genetics to be in the one one hundred thousanth of a percent of those young men who aspire to a professional baseball career that may actually have the opportunity and the cleared pathway to achieve that. If he has that desire. It's up to him and I am sure he has all the advice he can stand /soapbox

I think an education would be much more valuable. First it is no guarantee that he makes it to the majors. He is going to make himself a pretty marginal salary now if he does go pro. If he goes to college he can learn the skills neccesary to run his father's business, network with fellow students which helps him greatly in the business world, and he can develop his baseball skills at a premier college baseball school.

Everything I have read about the lifestyle of players in the low minors sound depressing. If he gets signed he is faced with these extraordinary expectations and probably a good amount of media attention. He goes to South Carolina he can enjoy his teenage years and improve his baseball skills. If he is that good then we can always draft him again in two years. Sure it is a dream to play professional baseball but he will have plenty of time to do that in his 20's.

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“For everything the family meant to this city and this franchise, (drafting Ripken) was the right thing to do,” Rajsich said. “He’s good, athletic, tall. They don’t grow 6-6 lefthanders on trees. … We’re resigned to (him going to South Carolina). It’s what his parents wish and he really wants to go there. That’s fine with us.”

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-talking-with-os-scouting-director-gary-rajsich-about-ryan-ripken-and-signing-players-20120607,0,184623.story

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I think an education would be much more valuable. First it is no guarantee that he makes it to the majors. He is going to make himself a pretty marginal salary now if he does go pro. If he goes to college he can learn the skills neccesary to run his father's business, network with fellow students which helps him greatly in the business world, and he can develop his baseball skills at a premier college baseball school.

Everything I have read about the lifestyle of players in the low minors sound depressing. If he gets signed he is faced with these extraordinary expectations and probably a good amount of media attention. He goes to South Carolina he can enjoy his teenage years and improve his baseball skills. If he is that good then we can always draft him again in two years. Sure it is a dream to play professional baseball but he will have plenty of time to do that in his 20's.

Your not thinking clearly on this IMO. He is and always will be the son of Cal Ripken. He will never need to worry about a scholarship , a job , money, or security. He could go o college 5-6 years from now if baseball didn't work out. His options will always be there were yours and mine are much more difficult.

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Your not thinking clearly on this IMO. He is and always will be the son of Cal Ripken. He will never need to worry about a scholarship , a job , money, or security. He could go o college 5-6 years from now if baseball didn't work out. His options will always be there were yours and mine are much more difficult.

Of course he could go to college at any point. That isn't the point with Ryan IMO. To me, its more that if he went to college in 5 years he wouldn't be having a real college experience. This idea needs to be seriously considered.

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I don't quite understand why you waste any draft pick for someone that you know isn't going to sign with you. You would think the Orioles have Cal's phone number and would have asked ahead of time if we draft Ryan is would he consider skipping college for now.

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Your not thinking clearly on this IMO. He is and always will be the son of Cal Ripken. He will never need to worry about a scholarship , a job , money, or security. He could go o college 5-6 years from now if baseball didn't work out. His options will always be there were yours and mine are much more difficult.

Hopefully Cal is a good enough parent that Ryan isn't thinking like this.

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