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Mr. Irrelevant Rising On Scouting Charts
April 7, 2044: Yellow Springs – It was late in the evening early in June of 2042, and no one cared much as the assistant to the assistant to Commissioner Rectenwald went to the podium and announced that, with the final selection of the Brewster Baseball Association draft, the Yellow Springs Nine had selected Eric Estes. The groan that followed was more happiness that the whole damned processes was over. A few folding chairs scudded across the echoing floor. Some pages rustled. What few people who remained in the hall grabbed their belongings and trudged out the door to make a stop at the hotel bar before turning in.
I mean. No. One. Cared.
Not even Estes himself, it turned out. The lanky right hander is said to have been woken up in his Leander, TX home in order to receive the news.
PROMOTION TO FORT WORTH BRINGS ATTENTION
The (very) early results are just as exciting. Four scoreless innings, two Ks and a walk to go with four hits.
At 21 years old, the kid they call Sidd is drawing attention with bot his arm and his bravado—having recently said he’s expecting to be called up to Yellow Springs any time, and not betraying even a single bit of sarcasm. “Just Eric being Eric,” sand manager Emilio Berrios. “He’s not much of a talker on the field or in the clubhouse, but I think he likes yanking the media’s chain.
Don’t get us wrong: at this point no one is seriously expecting Eric Estes to turn into Gary Estes. But suddenly a few gazes are turning and a few eye brows are raising. “Estes,” a few scouts are whispering. “Let’s take a look-see.”
In other words, it’s April 2044, that time of year where hopes and dreams run at overdrive. And now, it seems, at least a few people care.
