Did the A's Sign Michael Inoa Early?

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Did the A's Sign Michael Inoa Early?
Foul Balls found this 7/7/2008 on sports.aol.com [flag]
In recent weeks there had been plenty of teams who were interested in the services of 16-year old Dominican pitcher Michael Inoa . The 6'7 prospect has had scout salivating for a while now, and organizations were lining up for the chance to add him to their team. Well, when it was all said and done and Inoa was allowed to sign with somebody, he ended up choosing the Oakland Athletics . As ... [link]

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Did the A's Sign Michael Inoa Early?
Published 7/7/2008 by Fornelli (noreply@blogger.com) at Foul Balls
... . As details came out about the signing, other teams (like the Rangers and Reds) found out that even though they offered Inoa more money, he still chose the Athletics over them. This didn't make sense to these other teams, so in their minds, the only logical explanation is that Oakland cheated and signed Inoa before the deadline... Continue reading at FanHouse

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