Good Strib article on the 2001 MLB draft

[notoriousgod71]

http://www.startribune.com/sixteen-years-after-no-1-pick-no-regrets-for-twins-or-joe-mauer/426194721/

 

 

[gunnarthor]

And this of course is the quote - 

 

"Twins’ owner Carl Pohlad felt an obligation, he told his employees, to hold the line against rapid salary inflation, that he owed it to the industry not to be part of what he considered an increasing threat to the game. It’s also true that the Twins were busy lobbying the state legislature and local government for a new stadium, and though they denied that it was a consideration, headlines announcing a $10 million contract to an amateur player may have derailed the Twins’ position that they were a frugal, if underfunded, organization."

 

Pohlad was cheap. Very important to remember how cheap and how that made things harder for his staff. 

[Vanimal46]

Thanks for sharing... Mauer has certainly become a polarizing figure over the years (just glance at the Strib comments if you dare) but it was absolutely the right call to choose him over Prior.