re: #358 albusteve

I knew he was from Southern Cal…the Padres thing escapes me

Yea….. we know cuz we live here…… from wiki…..

“Though he had offers from the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees while he was still in high school,[22] his mother thought he was too young to leave home, so he signed with the local minor league club, the San Diego Padres.[23]”