Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Repack Haiku #133 (Eric Anthony)

A high school drop out
His try out impressed Astros
Drafted in late round

1991 Topps #331 Eric Anthony


From his Wikipedia page:

In 1986, Anthony was an 18-year-old Sharpstown High School dropout working on an assembly line at a Houston plastics company. He talked his way into an Astros tryout in 1986 and impressed scouts with his power, stunning them during batting practice by hitting a series of home runs that landed well beyond 400 feet from home plate. Subsequently, he was drafted by the Astros in the 34th round of the 1986 MLB amateur draft.

2 comments:

  1. Pretty cool story! Looks like he might have just hit another batting-practice home run on that card.

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  2. That's awesome. Although... I won't be sharing this story with my students ;)

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