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'Field of Dreams'
baseball field in Iowa damaged by vandal –
An iconic baseball field in Iowa made famous in the movie
"Field of Dreams" sustained thousands of dollars in damage after a
vandal drove a vehicle onto the site earlier this week.
Al Steffen, the field manager for the site in Dyersville, told Fox News
on Wednesday the damage was discovered early Tuesday as workers reported to
work.
"It's never been this severe," Steffen said.
NY Mets offer to take prom photos
with teen fan — but there's a catch –
A teen girl who is a huge baseball fan is hoping for her very
own field of dreams: She wants to take her prom photos with the New York Mets,
at their home field. Now it's up to Twitter to make her dream come true. Callie Shaye Quinn, 17, attends as many games as
possible and catches the rest on TV. Her middle name is a nod to Shea Stadium,
the former name of the team's home. She roots for them whether they’re winning
or not. Callie's love for the Mets “literally knows no bounds,” she told
TODAY.com. “I love them so much.”
Madrigal, who was a unanimous All-American in 2017 after
being named the Pac-12 Conference's player and defensive player of the year,
batted .380 with four home runs and 40 RBIs as a sophomore. The Elk Grove,
California, native also had 20 doubles, was 16 of 20 in stolen base attempts
and drew 27 walks with just 16 strikeouts. In 109 career collegiate games and
432 at-bats, he has struck out just 30 times.
Akins will take the next step on his new journey by playing
for the South team in the 69th annual Senior Bowl on Saturday at Ladd-Peebles
Stadium. Coming out of Union Grove High School in 2010, the multi-sport star
was drafted in the third round by the Texas Rangers. “I always had the mindset
that I wanted to be back in college at the age of 22 if I wasn’t in the
majors,” Akins said Tuesday. He received a $350,000 signing bonus from the
Rangers, but baseball didn’t happen as quickly as Akins wanted. So, the
all-state quarterback and wide receiver honored his commitment to UCF three
years later.
In an effort to make over his 40-man roster, change the
direction of the club at the big-league level and reformat the
player-development system under Andy McKay,
Dipoto dealt the remaining top prospects from the Zduriencik era. Separate
deals sent away left-handed pitcher Luiz Gohara,
outfielder Tyler O’Neill, outfielder and former
No. 6 overall pick Alex Jackson and last year’s
top starting pitching prospect, Nick Neidert.
It’s not who you give away, but what you get
back for them, and if Seattle wound up trading these guys for winners, this
article wouldn’t have been written.
7 comments:
If you build it, they will vandalize it.
Akins - good to see he had a well-defined game plan. If pro football dream fizzles, he can try BB again.
Madrigal - I worry about drafting a little guy, but if he grades out superior in a few categories an at least average in power...
Who did Sandy trade out of the minors so far that has really looked like a painful give-up? Fulmer and?????
Akeel Morris.
But you can't trade what others don't value which is a condemnation of his drafts.
very true Reese
It still will be interesting to me to see who has a better ex-Mets MLB career, Akeel Morris or Jack Leathersich. My guess is Morris, but I still think Jack can have success.
How can Twitter help Callie Shaye Quinn? I can't even find an account for her on Twitter.
Herb -
she reached her goal
@callieshayeeex3
Had Rosario, Smith and Flexen not been rushed to the majors last year, probably prematurely, I wonder how the rating of our system would look.
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