trouble making Toronto blue jay shortstop, David Eckstein is at it again... trying to outdo (soon to be Hall of Famer) Super Joe McEwing as the best "Little Man to Ever Play the Game."
some quotes from the Toronto Sun and Wikipedia...
Some hills that Eckstein has climbed:
Despite winning the state high school championship, he didn't receive a scholarship offer. And when Eckstein reached the U of Florida in 1994, he was more student than athlete, making the Gators as a walk-on and getting only 10 at-bats his freshman season.
(RDAAM: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Joe McEwing made County College of Morris in Randolph, NJ as a walk on, as well. Big Deal.)
A 19th-round selection of the Boston Red Sox in 1997, Eckstein reached double-A Trenton, where coach Arnie Beyler told him his swing wouldn't work and changed it.
(RDAAM: Joe McEwing wasn't even drafted, he worked his way up from bat boy to utility player of the Savannah Sand Gnats in 3 short years, where his coach Billy Bob Hicks once mistook him for the mascot, Sandy the Sand Gnat.)
Eckstein was selected to the Jewish All-American team, despite the fact he is Catholic, and not Jewish.
(RDAAM: Interestingly, Joe McEwing was once selected as the starting Utility Player to the all Irish-Catholic team, despite the fact that Joe is Jewish and not Irish.)
Nice try, Eckstein. But this games only big enough for one little over achieving player.
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