This Doesn't Happen. Don't Think This Is Normal

With all the attention focused on the draft recently, it occurred to me recently to go back to Michael Lewis's famous baseball book, Moneyball, and look at the chapters on that year's draft (2002). Lewis dissects the draft, highlighting the players Oakland was interested in and the others who figured in to their picks. You could put together a pretty interesting all-star team from the players mentioned by name in that part of the book, and here they are: C Jeremy Brown (Oak) ("If you put him in corduroys, he'd start a fire.")C John Baker (Oak) (Fla)1B Prince Fielder (Mil) ("Prince Fielder just saved our paint.")2B Mark Kiger (Oak) ("Too small to play pro ball--or so they said.")SS Khalil Greene (SD) ("Kevin Towers, the GM of the San Diego Padres, would take Greene.")3B Mark Teahen (Oak) (Tor) ("I hate to process on the campfire, but I haven't heard Teahen's name once all year.")OF Nick Swisher (Oak) (NYY) ("O...