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The 10 most interesting Rule 5 draft picks, 1967-1980
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www.hardballtimes.com — It was an unusually rich period for intriguing Rule 5 cases. We meet a Cy Young Award winner, a couple of MVPs, The Most Underrated Player in Baseball History and a space cadet. Order the Hardball Times Annual 2009 today !

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  • nwilson56 nwilson56
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    Nice article, Steve. We wonder where these guys are today. Is there a list of al the Rule 5 guys that were signed by another team,and that team?
    Posted 11/18/2008 respond (flag)
  • stevet stevet
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    Is there a list of al the Rule 5 guys that were signed by another team,and that team?

    Man, I wish.  I had to painstakingly pound through page after page in the "Transactions" feature of bb-ref.com to find these.

     

    Posted 11/18/2008 respond (flag)
  • earthdyedred earthdyedred
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    Wish you would have told me, Steve...

     If you go here:

     http://www.retrosheet.org/transactions/index.html

    and download the complete transactions archive (tranDB.zip), you can put it into Excel and then AutoFilter only Rule V transactions over the years.

     I thought I had sent that to you, actually...oh well.

     These articles are more impressive now given the extra work taken to do them.  Hardcore dedication, man.

    Posted 11/18/2008 respond (flag)
  • stevet stevet
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    Oh, sure ... NOW you tell me!!!

     ;-)

    Posted 11/18/2008 respond (flag)
  • earthdyedred earthdyedred
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    My memory was bad on this...I thought you had asked me months ago to send you the list and that I did.  Ah well.
    Posted 11/18/2008 respond (flag)
  • rob yontz rob yontz
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    Did Hendricks tag Carbo on that pivotal play at the plate in Game 1 of the 1970 WS?  Wonder if Plummer is making any cake off his tenure with the Big Red Machine?  Lord knows the Great Eight are.
    Posted 11/21/2008 respond (flag)
  • stevet stevet
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    No, actually Hendricks didn't tag Carbo; he reached out and touched him with his glove while holding the ball in his bare hand, in the other direction.  It was a marvelous play in which the catcher missed the tag, the runner missed the plate, and the umpire (Ken Burkhart) missed the call; a strange set of circumstances that would be matched in that thrilling game-ending play in the one-game NL Wildcard playoff between the Rockies and Padres.
    Posted 11/21/2008 respond (flag)
  • SleepyCA SleepyCA
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    Love these articles- thanks for taking the time to write them.

    One minor quibble, but in order for the drafting team to send the guy down, it has to first pass him through irrevokable waivers.  Every other team- not just the original team- has a shot at picking him up, for half the drafting price and with the rule 5 qualifications intact.  If he makes it all the way to the original team, the rule 5 qualifications go away and they can treat him like any other minor leaguer.

    After every team, including the original team, has passed on him, the drafting team can send him down. 

    Posted 11/21/2008 respond (flag)
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