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Best Picks from 50 Years of the MLB Draft

Who are the best draft selections at each spot?
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Who is the best player drafted No. 1 overall? Griffey? A-Rod? Chipper? What about the best player selected No. 10 overall? The best at each spot are all here from No. 1 through 40.
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With the MLB Draft this week, it’s fun to look back at the some of the best picks over the past 50 years of the draft. Here’s the best selection at each of the first 40 positions in the draft.

 

1 Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle, 1987

Certainly there are numerous No. 1 overall selections worthy of being named the best. But I’ll take Griffey over Chipper Jones, Alex Rodriguez and David Price.

Best of the 2000s: David Price, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 2007

 

Alex Rodriguez: A Con Man Returns to Baseball

A-Rod is back with the Yankees after his season-long suspension
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Alex Rodriguez: A Con Man Returns to Baseball
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Alex Rodriguez asked for this. Remember that. On Feb. 17, 2009, upon reporting to the Yankees’ spring training camp for the first time as an admitted steroid cheat, Rodriguez told a packed news conference, with typical grandiosity: “The only thing I ask from this group today and the American people is to judge me from this day forward. That’s all I can ask for.”

 

You Won't Believe Everything That's Happened Since the Pirates Had a Winning Season

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It’s been a long time since the Pittsburgh Pirates had a winning season. A well-documented long time. But, last night, the Pirates won their 82nd game of the season, ensuring themselves of a winning season in 2013. A few notable events have happened in baseball since the Bucs were winners.
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It’s been a long time since the Pittsburgh Pirates had a winning season. A well-documented long time. My daughter is a junior in college, and the Pirates have not had a season with a winning record in her lifetime.

But, last night, the Pirates won their 82nd game of the season, ensuring themselves of a winning year in 2013.

A few notable events have happened in baseball since the Bucs were winners back in 1992. Here are a few:

18 Amazing MLB Stats of the Week

Highlighting the most important, intriguing and bizarre stats in baseball.
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Mike Trout continues to wow fans in Anaheim, the Braves are once again the hottest team in baseball, J-Hey sparks Atlanta, lefties can't beat the Indians, Pedro Alvarez kills the Cardinals and A-Rod's financial loss. These and other fantastic facts are part of our amazing baseball stats for the week of July 29-August 4.
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Mike Trout continues to wow fans in Anaheim, the Braves are once again the hottest team in baseball, J-Hey sparks Atlanta, lefties can't beat the Indians, Pedro Alvarez kills the Cardinals and A-Rod's financial loss. These and other fantastic facts are part of our amazing baseball stats for the week of July 29-August 4.

Kate Upton and 10 Other Bad Luck Sports WAGs

The top 10 beautiful women who have ruined athletes’ seasons, careers and/or lives.
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<p> The top 10 beautiful women who have ruined athletes’ seasons, careers and/or lives — including Kate Upton, Jessica Simpson, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Tawny Kitaen, Anna Benson, Maddona, Cameron Diaz and Evelyn Lozada.</p>
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