Comments on: Yanks Stories, Get Ya Yanks Stories Here http://waswatching.com/2008/06/05/yanks-stories-get-ya-yanks-stories-here/ Holy Cow! We never take cannoli from a huckleberry. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:11:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MJ http://waswatching.com/2008/06/05/yanks-stories-get-ya-yanks-stories-here/comment-page-1/#comment-32103 MJ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:50:56 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=5177#comment-32103 Here's another piece by Steven Goldman: http://www.nysun.com/sports/the-yankees-and-mets-draft-pick-woes/79179/ I have no idea how to guage if he's right or not because the whole concept of player development is so nebulous. It's hard to know if the player isn't as good as originally thought or if the coaching so poor that the player can't develop beyond the high school/collegiate/minor league level. Although I suppose if an organization simply can't develop ANYONE then it's probably a lot of both.

Here’s another piece by Steven Goldman:

http://www.nysun.com/sports/the-yankees-and-mets-draft-pick-woes/79179/

I have no idea how to guage if he’s right or not because the whole concept of player development is so nebulous. It’s hard to know if the player isn’t as good as originally thought or if the coaching so poor that the player can’t develop beyond the high school/collegiate/minor league level. Although I suppose if an organization simply can’t develop ANYONE then it’s probably a lot of both.

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