August 28, 200322 yr He is in Baton Rouge, on LSU roster as a LB. He has left the Barons, guess will have to find out if for sure or not quitting, but rumor is he has to have Tommy John surgery and would be out all year next year anyway.
August 28, 200322 yr Wow. I wonder if West was pitching hurt (Before he went on the DL) cause over the past year to year and a half his numbers have constantly gotten worse. The guy is big though so I wish him luck at football.
August 28, 200322 yr Wow. I wonder if West was pitching hurt (Before he went on the DL) cause over the past year to year and a half his numbers have constantly gotten worse. The guy is big though so I wish him luck at football. One question though...how is he eligible since he's received money as a professional athlete. It it simply because he earned it playing another sport?
August 28, 200322 yr Wow. I wonder if West was pitching hurt (Before he went on the DL) cause over the past year to year and a half his numbers have constantly gotten worse. The guy is big though so I wish him luck at football. One question though...how is he eligible since he's received money as a professional athlete. It it simply because he earned it playing another sport? Yup, see Chris Wienke and others who went back and played NCAA football, after playing in the minors.
August 28, 200322 yr Author Yes, Trajan Langdon for Duke, the kid from Alaska earned money playing minor leagues for Padres, and still played bball at Duke. Many others have done this, he could not play baseball for LSU, but that would be mute point anyway since they have a good team. He truly disappointed after a solid start a couple years ago.
August 28, 200322 yr Wow. I wonder if West was pitching hurt (Before he went on the DL) cause over the past year to year and a half his numbers have constantly gotten worse. The guy is big though so I wish him luck at football. One question though...how is he eligible since he's received money as a professional athlete. It it simply because he earned it playing another sport? Yup, see Chris Wienke and others who went back and played NCAA football, after playing in the minors. Ya, I remembered him when I was typing it. I also remember this kid at Colorado who was a professional snowboarder and they said he'd have to quit during his time at the Unviversity if he wanted to play football. I thought it was a bunch of crap, since he wasn't making money on the collegiate sport he was playing. For pete sakes it was a job that the kid had. Ya, he was an athlete, but he wasn't making the money as a football player.
August 28, 200322 yr Wow. I wonder if West was pitching hurt (Before he went on the DL) cause over the past year to year and a half his numbers have constantly gotten worse. The guy is big though so I wish him luck at football. One question though...how is he eligible since he's received money as a professional athlete. It it simply because he earned it playing another sport? a few guys have gone from playing minor league baseball to college football, because it was a different sport they are still considered amatuer.
August 28, 200322 yr Wow. I wonder if West was pitching hurt (Before he went on the DL) cause over the past year to year and a half his numbers have constantly gotten worse. The guy is big though so I wish him luck at football. One question though...how is he eligible since he's received money as a professional athlete. It it simply because he earned it playing another sport? Yup, see Chris Wienke and others who went back and played NCAA football, after playing in the minors. Ya, I remembered him when I was typing it. I also remember this kid at Colorado who was a professional snowboarder and they said he'd have to quit during his time at the Unviversity if he wanted to play football. I thought it was a bunch of crap, since he wasn't making money on the collegiate sport he was playing. For pete sakes it was a job that the kid had. Ya, he was an athlete, but he wasn't making the money as a football player. The Colorado situation was that the guy was making endorsement money while playing football. The NCAA has a rule against having a job during the season of the sport you are playing. It was designed so that boosters could not give guys jobs they didn't need to show up for and pay them for it. I don't know all the details, but the NCAA hasn't been too willing to make any exceptions.
August 28, 200322 yr He is in Baton Rouge, on LSU roster as a LB. He has left the Barons, guess will have to find out if for sure or not quitting, but rumor is he has to have Tommy John surgery and would be out all year next year anyway. Good catch, MSF.
August 28, 200322 yr Author My guess is Cerbaho figures we would not miss West, so decided to not say anything, that would be my guess to what was going on. Since Bullard and West are friends probably best we keep that stuff out of the threads, but West did go downhill the past 2 years. Lucky chance I saw him on roster Rex, just a lucky chance.
August 28, 200322 yr My guess is Cerbaho figures we would not miss West, so decided to not say anything, that would be my guess to what was going on. Since Bullard and West are friends probably best we keep that stuff out of the threads, but West did go downhill the past 2 years. Lucky chance I saw him on roster Rex, just a lucky chance. I bashed West very hard in a prior Top 50 list. He took offense to it, etc etc etc.
August 28, 200322 yr My guess is Cerbaho figures we would not miss West, so decided to not say anything, that would be my guess to what was going on. Since Bullard and West are friends probably best we keep that stuff out of the threads, but West did go downhill the past 2 years. Lucky chance I saw him on roster Rex, just a lucky chance. I bashed West very hard in a prior Top 50 list. He took offense to it, etc etc etc. I've been harsh on West too. Main reason I'm a critic of his was because I thought he had a lot of potential.
August 29, 200322 yr Too bad we didn't trade him to the Angels instead of Bittner. He was on the DL at the time, Jim.
August 29, 200322 yr He was on the DL at the time, Jim. Plus bittner isn't really a big time prospect, imo. He could definately turn it on, but he's a fringe guy at this point in time. West has a very high ceiling, but injuries obviously have bothered him to the point that he wants to pursue something else.
August 29, 200322 yr Wow. I wonder if West was pitching hurt (Before he went on the DL) cause over the past year to year and a half his numbers have constantly gotten worse. The guy is big though so I wish him luck at football. One question though...how is he eligible since he's received money as a professional athlete. It it simply because he earned it playing another sport? Yup, see Chris Wienke and others who went back and played NCAA football, after playing in the minors. Ya, I remembered him when I was typing it. I also remember this kid at Colorado who was a professional snowboarder and they said he'd have to quit during his time at the Unviversity if he wanted to play football. I thought it was a bunch of crap, since he wasn't making money on the collegiate sport he was playing. For pete sakes it was a job that the kid had. Ya, he was an athlete, but he wasn't making the money as a football player. Yeah, Jeremy Bloom was the kids name....damn good punt and kick returner for the Buffs. I remember that
August 29, 200322 yr Too bad we didn't trade him to the Angels instead of Bittner. I believe he was supposed to go with Garland for Erstad before Angel management stepped in
September 1, 200322 yr In 1999 the Sox loaded up on pitching in the draft. They took 6 of the first 66 players drafted, and they chose all pitchers. The ones I remember were Danny Wright, Rob Purvis, Jason Stumm and Brian West. Certainly Wright has panned out, but otherwise, another s***ty draft considering the opportunity they had.
September 1, 200322 yr In 1999 the Sox loaded up on pitching in the draft. They took 6 of the first 66 players drafted, and they chose all pitchers. The ones I remember were Danny Wright, Rob Purvis, Jason Stumm and Brian West. Certainly Wright has panned out, but otherwise, another s***ty draft considering the opportunity they had. That just goes to show you how difficult it is evaluating young talent. It is hard enough being accurate once they get into the Minor Leagues, let alone straight out of HS or college.
September 1, 200322 yr Author Rauch, Stewart, Ginter, Sanders, Valentine (I think), McWhirter, Bajeneru, Malone, Ulacia and Curreri also from that draft still with the org. (cept Valentine of course)
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