I did...NOT....have....sex draft with that woman team!
Posted on 11/24/2005 12:42:30 PM PST by Sub-Driver
N.M. Gov Admits He Wasn't Baseball Pick
13 minutes ago
Gov. Bill Richardson is coming clean on his draft record — the baseball draft, that is, admitting that his claim to have been a pick of the Kansas City A's in 1966 was untrue.
For nearly four decades, Richardson, often mentioned as a possible Democratic presidential candidate, has maintained he was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics.
The claim was included in a brief biography released when Richardson successfully ran for Congress in 1982. A White House news release in 1997 mentioned it when he was about to be named U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. And several news organizations, including The Associated Press, have reported it as fact over the years.
But an investigation by the Albuquerque Journal found no record of Richardson being drafted by the A's, who have since moved to Oakland, or any other team.
Informed by the newspaper of its findings, the governor acknowledged the error in a story in Thursday's editions.
"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.
Richardson spokesman Gilbert Gallegos declined to comment when reached by the AP on Thursday.
Richardson, a right-handed pitcher who played at Tufts University, said he was actively scouted by several major league teams in the 1960s.
He insisted his name appeared on "a draft list of some kind" created by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. He named team scouts, whom he said told him that he "would or could" be drafted. The scouts have since died.
Richardson later developed arm trouble, eliminating any possible pro career.
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Kape Cod?
Amazing how this comes out today. The Gov wants to do his wash when no one is looking.
Bill are you getting tips from John Kerry now?
Does Dan Rather still believe it is true?
I threw for a couple of bird dogs after I got out of high school. My tryouts lasted five minutes, total.
I can guarantee to you any baseball player would KNOW if he'd been drafted.
Fish story, maybe.
If you were drafted by a professional sports team, believe me, you would remember that day for the rest of your life. Your memory would not play tricks on you with something like that, unless you have a medical condition (hmmm??).
Interesting how libs always see the need to embellish (lie about) their lives records.
Pitiful.
He also harbored the TX RATS who ran out on their duty a couple years ago. For that alone, he'll never get my vote for dog catcher.
After I read that sentence, I immediately looked to see if this was a Scrappleface article.
People who are willing to perpetuate a myth about themselves, are bound to lie about anything.
" He named team scouts, whom he said told him that he "would or could" be drafted. The scouts have since died."
wonder who whacked them?????? :P
"Amazing how this comes out today. The Gov wants to do his wash when no one is looking."
Exactly.
Lest we forget, this is the same guy Clinton used as a "fixer."
For instance, he was the one who was supposed to sugar Monica off with a job. (If you will pardon the expression.)
Typical Democrat....bet the news media does not even get it in print tomorrow...Funny how this comes out on Thanksgiving day so NO NEWS could get it...he's a loser.
Richardson was drafted by the ZZZZZZs. Yawn. He is such a bore. And in other news Hillary Clinton was named after Sir Edmund Hillary...
I'm not quite ready to hit the "B.S." key with this.
Season is over. The coach gets contacted by scouts. One of the A's scouts is considering signing Richardson. Another scout is interested in signing Jones, the first baseman. Jones was drafted in the 54th round. Richardson wasn't drafted at all. The coach gets mixed up and thinks Richardson was drafted by the A's. It goes in the program. Richardson decides he doesn't want to quit college.
Unlikely, but not impossible.
I did...NOT....have....sex draft with that woman team!
***Does Dan Rather still believe it is true?***
Of course he does. And according to Mary Mapes,it IS true and it's not up to them to prove it, it's up to us to disprove it.
And Gov.Richard responded with a "Ho ho ho and a ho ho ho".
"I did...NOT....have....sex draft with that woman team!"
...the A's, the KC A's!
Is he still pimping for Clinton?
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