That's a Helluva Rookie Year

[Guest AG/DC]

What in the world happened to Ricky Poe?

[Frayed Knot]

He left Little Falls

[Guest AG/DC]

He should've signed with them long-term.

[Guest AG/DC]

Even in that super first year, though, you can see scouts moving away from him a bit. He got a ton of hits, but his isolated OBP is .050 and his isolated slugging is .096 --- no eye-poppers there.

No steals, neither.

Then in 1983, he takes the mound, throws five near-perfect innings, but no more. And that's understandable, because by then he was hitting like a pitcher, though only getting 97 plate appearances.

[Benjamin Grimm]

It's funny, sometimes when I look at those old minor league stats, my heart skips a beat and I think, wow, this guy looks like he could be good. And then an instant later I realize that 30 years have passed, the player is around 50, and that I'm not looking at a future star.

What led you to dig up Richard Poe's stats?

[Guest AG/DC]

http://www.paragoulddailypress.com/articles/2008/06/16/local_news/doc485488847d5b5233242427.txt

I also have heartbeat issues. Then I realize all they can do to help us to show us where we went wrong. Then I log on here and ask stupid questions.