Piazza was gem of '88 Draft

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Piazza was gem of '88 Draft
ShysterBall found this 5/27/2008 on mlb.mlb.com [flag]
Mike Piazza's retirement announcement last week was a reminder that a diamond in the rough can be found in Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft. No one selected as deep in the Draft as Piazza was in 1988 went on to have such a glorious career. [link]

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The Piazza Draft
Published 5/27/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
Wanna feel old? Take a gander at this article, which runs down the names you'd know from the 1988 amateur draft.

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