By David Saltzer, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer
Sometimes a player comes along and you know that he will be special. It's not just the numbers that he puts up, it's the way the ball sounds as it hits the bat or smacks into the catcher's glove. It's the way the ball attacks the batter or the way he stands at the plate.
In all the years that I've followed the Amateur Draft, there have only been two players that I have coveted. These were players that I saw play in college and hoped—dreamed—that the Angels would draft, knowing that the odds against it were very high.
When the Angels had the 12th pick overall in 2004, one of those two players was available: Jered Weaver. I wanted the Angels to pick him more than any other player that they had taken in years. That's because while he was in college, I watched a game in which he struck out the first 10 batters in a game—a feat he accomplished twice in his college career. He made mincemeat of the opposition and I kne...
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