"After being notified of the situation and after researching the matter ... I came to the conclusion that I was not drafted by the A's," he said.
Is this quote for real? WOW!!!
Your link is misleading...it does not go to the Albuquerque Journal but to your own blog!!
They're covering for him. He said he was drafted. It's such a minor thing. No reasonable person could hold it against him, but Democrats just cannot be wrong.
How convenient.
What the heck's a "hubaloo"?
Now I have heard of a hullabaloo.
hul·la·ba·loo also hul·la·bal·loo ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hl-b-l) n. pl. hul·la·ba·loos Great noise or excitement; uproar. See Synonyms at noise.
I don't know about the late 1960's, but nowadays the baseball draft goes 50 rounds deep. It's hard to imagine that a "favorite prospect" would get skipped over that many times.
Also, if I thought a team drafted me, I would surely contact the team -- even if I had no intention of ever turning pro.
Everything he throws now veers left off the plate.