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Bucs Sign 16th Rounder Wesley Freeman

The Post-Gazette reports that the Pirates have signed Florida high school outfielder Wesley Freeman, their 16th-round pick.

Freeman is one of those high-upside picks who the Bucs probably had to pay extra to get, so this is a great sign that they're taking their negotiations with other high-upside picks seriously. Perfect Game USA says Freeman has "high ceiling tools" and an "excellent speed-strength combination." Baseball America reports that Freeman has "outstanding raw power with the ability to drive balls out of all parts of the ballpark."

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By the way, I deleted another diary about this because it just copied the Post-Gazette's entire report. Please don't copy entire articles, and use blockquotes when you do quote other sources.

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Freeman's brother

His brother was supposed to have a good swing, but had some trouble transitioning from a crowbar to a wood bat. He ended up going back to school for theoretical physics I think.

by wickethewok on Aug 7, 2008 3:48 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

my bad

I figured using the link and the name in the report is more than enough

by Schnoah on Aug 7, 2008 3:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It’s cool. It’s not like you were being dishonest about it or anything. But no, it’s not legal to post entire articles.

by Charlie on Aug 7, 2008 3:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

u sure?

even when the writers name, web adress and everything is there… that is legal its showing who wrote the article, and its not passing it off for your own… pretty sure thats legal… but im done discussing it… carry on with the site, haha

by Schnoah on Aug 7, 2008 4:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no

the pg makes its money through ad revenues, which rely on people actually going to their site. simply copying the story and posting it elsewhere doesn’t allow them to recoup their costs (aka dejan’s salary).

besides, this is a blog for our crazy opinions and original content. dejan has his own.

by johnnycuff on Aug 7, 2008 4:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Generally speaking...

...you want to summarize, and limit strict quoting to a couple of grafs at most (even for content that isn’t behind the pay wall).

It’s good practice at learning how to express yourself, anyway.

by Vlad on Aug 7, 2008 10:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's still copyright infringement

Attribution has nothing to do with copyright infringement.

Formerly known as Econolodge

by Willton on Aug 8, 2008 12:49 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

kudos to the front office

now let’s get some of those top 10 guys too

by johnnycuff on Aug 7, 2008 4:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If the Fresno State pitchers are healthy,

let`s get all the top-10 picks under contract by August 15.

by patthatt on Aug 7, 2008 9:40 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Freeman

Obvious tools, some mechanical issues with his swing.

Kind of looks like Chad Hermansen (and I mean that as a complement, mostly).

by Vlad on Aug 7, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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