history No, not that one. But in these hilarious power rankings — based on great names in draft history who never reached the bigs — the Tigers rank 16th overall, thanks to notable prospects such as: Thaddous McBurrows, Clausal Milford, and Kodiak Quick. Mayer was the de facto "famous name" submission.Power ranker Grant Brisbee also challenged us to come up with better names. For someone that I'd like to hear Harry Caray announce, I'd personally shell out some bucks to hear "Chris Schnurbusch." You almost need an impacted sinus to get that one out. And I'm almost aghast trying to figure out how to say 1984 pick "William Fuggatt." [Baseball Nation] • But back to reality. If we drafted based on names, scouts would be replaced by bloggers with fifth-grade humor. (An intriguing business plan, nonetheless.) Matt Snyder looks at the worst picks of each team in the past decade. Sure enough, there's ol' Kyle Sleeth, the No. 3 pick of the 2003 draft, who never reached Detroit although he did get a nice $3.35 million signing bonus.
Good thing he didn't go farther back and look at Nate Cornejo, Mike Drumright, Matt Anderson, Seth Greisinger ... man, how did people actually stay Tigers fans through the '90s? I mean adults. Kids didn't know any better. [CBS Eye on BaseballBut drafting really is a soft science, isn't it? Take twice-former Tigers reliever C.J. Nitkowski, taken ninth in 1994, who had this to say during the draft last night: "Always fun to watch MLB draft, or as I recall it 'Trick the Scouting Director Day.' Nomar, Konerko, Varitek, [Jaret] Wright all picked after me." [Twitter]After this weekend, Ozzie Guillen is throwing a tantrum in a crystal ball. No further explanation needed. [Roar of the Tigers.
And this won't make him any happier: when White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy left Sunday's game after four innings, it wasn't because of ineffectiveness — or only because of that, I should say. No, he has a right groin strain. Because there is no wrong groin strain. [ESPN Chicago]• A line from the classic film It Came From Outer Space went, "Did you know more murders are committed at 92 degrees Fahrenheit that any other temperature?" People get antsy in the heat, and that's why someone actually did a study on the effects of temperature on getting hit by a pitch in retribution. Because why not? Sure enough, there's a correlation.
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