baseball-reference.com - 3/4/2008
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From BR Bullpen Keith Jones [ edit ] Biographical Information The 15th overall pick in the 1989 amateur draft , Kiki Jones was the first of three first-round selections that year by the Los Angeles Dodgers and would be the only one never to make the majors. The 5th pitcher taken, Jones had gone 8-3 in his final year in high school, striking out 100 while walking only 14 in 61 innings and ...
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The Minotaur is Unleashed
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... upon major league baseball. The prospect ghosts of Kiki Jones, Dan Opperman, and Greg Miller look on and hope the beast will feast upon the National League bats like they were never able to.
The Minotaur is Unleashed & The Kershaw Express is Born
SportsHubLA —
... hurler it was unheard of. The 2007 season started with Clayton moving up to the Midwest League and by late May the hype about his game was reaching peak levels.“…showing the kind of stuff that scouts see out of teenage left-handers once in a generation.” “…best pitcher ever seen in the Midwest league…” Anyway, you all get the point. He was being given to much love, too soon. To many times I’d gotten my hopes up over the likes of Edwin Jackson , Greg Miller , and Kiki Jones only to have them dashed. So one day, hanging out as I often will on the comment board ...
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