CALE IORG - 6TH ROUND, SIGNED FOR A VERY SURPRISING (TO THIS WRITER AT LEAST) $1.5 MILLION BONUS TO GIVE UP HIS COLLEGE CAREER AND JOIN THE TIGERS. AGAIN THIS WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY OVER THE 80K SLOT RECOMMENDATION. WHEN ASKED FOR COMMENT FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED, SELIG ONLY OFFERED SOME DROOL AND UNINTELLIGIBLE MUTTERINGS. REPORTERS KEENLY WATCHED MR. SELIG'S BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR AS THEY PERSISTANTLY ASKED FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, ALMOST COMPETITING WITH EACH OTHER, UNTIL NURSES WERE FORCED TO CLEAR THE ROOM WHEN SELIG'S FACE REACHED THE SAME SHADE OF RED AS HIS BP MONITOR.
EXPERTS SAY THAT IORG WOULD HAVE BEEN A 1ST ROUNDER NEXT YEAR AFTER SHAKING OFF THE RUST FROM HIS 2 YEAR MORMON MISSION THAT DELAYED HIS RETURN TO BASEBALL. THE TIGERS OBVIOUSLY MUST THINK QUITE HIGHLY OF IORG TO PAY 4 TIMES THE BONUS THAT WAS PAID TO THEIR OTHER HIGHLY REGARDED SHORTSTOP DRAFTEE, 2ND ROUNDER DANNY WORTH WHO RECEIVED A $378,000 BONUS.
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