Interesting story today in the Charleston (WV) Daily Mail on Delino DeShields, who is learning to deal with the pressure of being young, a 1st Round pick, and Delino DeShields, Sr.'s son:
"When I first got drafted there was some pressure.I was only 17 going into professional ball and everybody was giving me crap. Being a young kid, I really didn't know how to handle it. I thought I handled it well for being young, but it was tough."
Click the link for extra-special quotes and observations, but while he's not hitting for a high average (.241), he does have a .349 OBP, a result of 23 walks in 167 PAs. He has also stolen 24 of 25 bases, for a 96% success rate. And he still won't be 20 until August.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
