I’ll be on ESPNEWS tonight during the draft, probably once a half hour, starting at 7:10 and 7:40 pm EDT. When I’m not in the studio I’ll be live-blogging with Jason Churchill on ESPN.com, and there’s a Cover It Live event as well. Also scheduled to be on The FAN 590 in Toronto tonight at 6:05 pm.
All my draft content is up now. The last full mock draft is up, and you can see the full index of player cards, maybe 110-120 … I lost count. I chatted today and will chat again Tuesday at 1 pm.
Thank you all for bearing with me over the last few weeks. I should have a dish post or two up later this week before I head out on vacation.
Keith,
Thank you (and thanks to Jason) for the volume of information that you both provide and for making the draft a much more meaningful event for us fans. Enjoy the next couple of days and your vacation.
I ditto HK’s comment above. I also wonder if there may be some truth to the thinking that perhaps Tim Wilken actually didn’t make that rediculous first round pick. From what you saw in Toronto and what you may have heard in this job, are there times when a GM overrides his SD?
Thanks for the great coverage Keith – much appreciated. There is a conspiracy theory floating around Los Angeles that Dodgers took Lee knowing full well that they won’t be able to sign him due to the ongoing McCourt divorce. Any thoughts on this?
Keith,
I saw in your October 21 chat that someone asked where the 20-80 scale comes from. That has always been a quirky little interest of mine — particularly because it does not seem random. The SAT grades on a 200-800 scale (20-80, plus a zero). University of Chicago Law School grades on a 120-180 scale (20-80, preceded by a 1).
After you answered, I researched. Did not find anything definitive, but I wonder if it is related to the Pareto Distribution. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution (and accompanying links).