Chicago has no "grander son"

Cyril Morong · 09-10-2007, 06:37 PM

As many of you probably know, Curtis Granderson of the Tigers stole his 20th base to get 20 or more in 2Bs, 3Bs, HRs, and SBs, to join Willie Mays (1957) and Frank Schulte (1911) as the only players to achieve those milestones in a single season. For the sabermetrically oriented, he is 4th in the AL this year in "runs created," according to ESPN. He has only been thrown out trying to steal once. Here are the guys the White Sox drafted ahead of him in 2002

Royce Ring
Jeremy Reed

The guys the Cubs drafted ahead of him

Bobby Brownlie
Luke Haggerty
Chadd Blasko
Matt Clanton
Brian Dopirik
Justin Jones

I suppose you could say that at least the Sox traded Reed to get Freddy Garcia. Are any of these other guys still prospects or did any of them get traded for someone important?

Granderson was born in Blue Island and went to UIC. He was right under the noses of the Sox and Cubs. Schulte played for the Cubs. 21 HRs in 1911 was very good and he hit 11 on the road. Ryne Sandberg missed joining the group by 1 HR and 1 3B in 1984.

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Cyril Morong Rookie Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 14	Chicago has no "grander son" As many of you probably know, Curtis Granderson of the Tigers stole his 20th base to get 20 or more in 2Bs, 3Bs, HRs, and SBs, to join Willie Mays (1957) and Frank Schulte (1911) as the only players to achieve those milestones in a single season. For the sabermetrically oriented, he is 4th in the AL this year in "runs created," according to ESPN. He has only been thrown out trying to steal once. Here are the guys the White Sox drafted ahead of him in 2002 Royce Ring Jeremy Reed The guys the Cubs drafted ahead of him Bobby Brownlie Luke Haggerty Chadd Blasko Matt Clanton Brian Dopirik Justin Jones I suppose you could say that at least the Sox traded Reed to get Freddy Garcia. Are any of these other guys still prospects or did any of them get traded for someone important? Granderson was born in Blue Island and went to UIC. He was right under the noses of the Sox and Cubs. Schulte played for the Cubs. 21 HRs in 1911 was very good and he hit 11 on the road. Ryne Sandberg missed joining the group by 1 HR and 1 3B in 1984.