2007 Draft

This isn't a Texas boy, but it'll be interesting to see how (#1) Jon Gilmore of Iowa does in the draft. His brother-in-law is DBU asst. coach Dan Heefner. (Interestingly, Heefner's other brother-in-law is former DBU player Ben Zobrist, currently a shortstop with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

http://www.midwestbaseballmagazine.com/content/view/101/2/

when is the draft?

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Originally posted by LDFALCON1122:
when is the draft?

Starts Thursday. I think the first two rounds may be televised on one of the ESPN's.

Draft starts on Thursday June 7. Televised on ESPN2, beginning at 2pm Eastern time. The televised portion will continue until 6pm Eastern and should include the first round plus the 34 supplemental (sandwich) picks. After that the draft will continue until about 8:30pm Eastern time on the internet. It will start all over again on Friday on the internet at 11am Eastern time and continue until they are done..

Bump

you can follow on line at:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2007/drafttracker.jsp

Rangers select Blake Beavan

Rangers get Michael Main... I apologize if I can't spell his name (I'm not sure).

Cory Kluber of Coppell goes with pick 134 to the Pades from Stetson U RHP R/R 6'04" 215 1986, Congratulations Cory!!!

This is the brother-in-law of Dallas Baptist coach Dan Heefner and Tampa Bay Devil Rays shortstop Ben Zobrist:

Iowa City High shortstop Jon Gilmore became the highest drafted Iowa high school baseball player today, when he was picked No. 33 pick overall in Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft.

The Atlanta Braves selected Gilmore, who is projected as a third baseman.

Infield and Meat,
Congrats on the two boys success that you were both following. Looks like they're in for a great ride!

They can be skinny, but they have to be tall.

What amazes me is the wide range of colleges represented in the draft.
The top guys all seem to be from the top programs though.

Yes tall and skinny is good. Even better if tall and 200+ lbs.

MATT SMITH (5'11" ) to the Oakland A's!
Texas Tech University

Yea, Matty!!!!

Fun ain't it!!!!

Congrats Smiths!!!! Had to think there a second or fifty when the name Jordan Smith came up, but then it clicked in my 41 year old brain who it is. I always knew I liked the A's for some reason.

Good luck!

Woohoo!!! Congrats to Matt and FO family!

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Originally posted by momandcpa:
In FOs absence, may I please say it, too...

Fun, ain't it???

WTG, Matt!!!

Way to go Ryan and matt.

Hey 10ofdiamonds by any chance are you an ex coach of HVA and father of RB?

Congratulations to Chris Withrow from Midland Christian!

1st round pick (#20 overall) yesterday to the LA Dodgers!

Daniel Hamblin (Rowlett) goes in the 10th Round to Oakland. Congats to the Hamblins

Kenny Gilbert, DeSoto High School, 9th round, Chicago White Sox

We went to day one of the draft, preety cool to be there. A lot of stars and HOF's were there representing their teams, They also were giving autographs:

Jim Palmer, Ken Griffy Sr., Andre Dawson, Tommy Lasorta, Tony Oliva, Darryl Strawberry, Frank Howard, Robin Roberts, Dave Winfield, Felipe Alou, Don Zimmer, Jim Sunberg, Barry Larkin, Willie Horton, Ralph Garr, Frank White, Ellis Burks and Dwight Evans.

Congratulations to Ryan Turner of Richland High School. Ryan was drafted in the 22nd round by Tampa Bay!

Here is a link to the complete list of the names of the 145 players drafted from the state of Texas....

There are lots of familiar names on the list...

http://www.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2007/drafttracker....t=number&ft=ST&fv=TX

Thanks for posting the list. What does the 400K to the right of many players' names mean?

That's their draft video that you can watch.