Pat The Bat Retires

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by RoyalsRetro on Jan 30, 2012 2:31 PM EST reply actions

Was it ever actually confirmed that Burrell was, in fact, The Gimp in that video?

by Sweep_the_Leg on Jan 30, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions

Can somebody explain this? I have no idea what this is.

by hawkinscm87 on Jan 30, 2012 5:33 PM EST up reply actions

http://deadspin.com/5757460/pat-burrell-is-the-machine-fact

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by RoyalsRetro on Jan 30, 2012 5:37 PM EST up reply actions

Burrell was the #1 overall pick in 1998

The A’s took Mark Mulder #2
Then the Cubs took Corey Patterson #3

The Royals had pick #4 on the board. OF JD Drew was out there, having spurned the Phils the previous draft, and with adviser Scott Boras, was asking for a huge bonus. Jeff Weaver, CC Sabathia, Brad Lidge, Carlos Pena, Felipe Lopez, Austin Kearns were all out there to be taken.

The Royals took a pitcher out of Stanford named Jeff Austin because he was a polished “close-to-MLB-ready” pitcher and they badly need pitching. Austin won exactly two games in the Majors.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jan 30, 2012 5:51 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Yikes.

Austin was a good at bunting, a fact that is overlooked by many.

by BeauJackson on Jan 30, 2012 6:01 PM EST up reply actions

That was a pretty decent draft class

on the surface.

We should trade for Vance Worley.

by JKWard on Jan 30, 2012 6:34 PM EST up reply actions

Who is Pat the Bat?

We should trade for Vance Worley.

by JKWard on Jan 30, 2012 6:30 PM EST reply actions

Blasphemy.

by BeauJackson on Jan 30, 2012 6:47 PM EST up reply actions

I will always fondly remember

the reasonable discussions from late summer to autumn 2008 regarding the merits of the Royals signing Pat Burrell to a $60 million contract (or Adam Dunn to a $100 million contract).

Good times.

by Gopherballs on Jan 30, 2012 8:39 PM EST reply actions

eek...yeah....

i was very anti signing burrell…not sure i was on board with giving dunn $100 million but i liked him alot…feel like i was thinking something along the lines of 5/70 or so

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jan 30, 2012 8:46 PM EST up reply actions