Last week, Major League Baseball conducted its annual amateur draft. For hundreds of high school and college players, to be drafted is the first tangible step toward realizing the dream of playing in the big leagues. There are few things more enjoyable in my business than talking to a kid like Jason Place, the South Carolina teen ager who was ... (Full article: 2229 words)

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