Comments on: Your Morning Cup of Coffee http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/05/31/your-morning-cup-of-coffee-8/ We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future - FDR Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Ryan Sullivan http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/05/31/your-morning-cup-of-coffee-8/#comment-20053 Ryan Sullivan Thu, 31 May 2007 14:07:25 +0000 http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/05/31/your-morning-cup-of-coffee-8/#comment-20053 <p>"The deadline passed and it appears the Nationals did not sign any of their 2006 draft-and-follow candidates. I am working on confirming this."</p> <p>If they did not get Peacock and T. Moore signed, it is just another example of the lip service the owners patronize the fans with. These are two guys projected for the first 5-7 rounds, whom immediately would have been top 30 prospects for us, at positions we need help: pitching and power hitting. I hope to be proven wrong, but a year into their ownership and I have not seen the progress promised when they decided to destroy the major league club and redirect the resources to the minors.</p> “The deadline passed and it appears the Nationals did not sign any of their 2006 draft-and-follow candidates. I am working on confirming this.”

If they did not get Peacock and T. Moore signed, it is just another example of the lip service the owners patronize the fans with. These are two guys projected for the first 5-7 rounds, whom immediately would have been top 30 prospects for us, at positions we need help: pitching and power hitting. I hope to be proven wrong, but a year into their ownership and I have not seen the progress promised when they decided to destroy the major league club and redirect the resources to the minors.

]]> By: JD http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/05/31/your-morning-cup-of-coffee-8/#comment-20062 JD Thu, 31 May 2007 15:29:29 +0000 http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/05/31/your-morning-cup-of-coffee-8/#comment-20062 <p>Probably a dumb question, but what are the duties of a cross-checker?</p> Probably a dumb question, but what are the duties of a cross-checker?

]]> By: Brian J Oliver http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/05/31/your-morning-cup-of-coffee-8/#comment-20066 Brian J Oliver Thu, 31 May 2007 15:50:38 +0000 http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/05/31/your-morning-cup-of-coffee-8/#comment-20066 <p>Crosscheckers verify the reports provided by the scouts. For the most part, they doublecheck that the information received is accurate. Usually they'll focus on the top guys that been culled out by the area scouts</p> Crosscheckers verify the reports provided by the scouts. For the most part, they doublecheck that the information received is accurate. Usually they’ll focus on the top guys that been culled out by the area scouts

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