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OK, I officially like Pete Bako

Our 15th-round pick apparently had to work for it a bit:

"As a 13-year-old, Bako was cut from his ‘AAA’ team and then failed to make the Lorne Park Spartans high school squad in Grade 9.

"When I was younger, playing for the Mississauga Twins, I was never the best player on my team," admitted Bako. "I was probably below average at that time, but I worked my tail off. It was never something where I really thought I was going to go to the major leagues, but it was something where maybe I could go to college and get my education paid for." -Daniel Nugent-Brown, The Mississauga News

Please click through to the full article, if only for the photo. Apparently he also coaches a kids' team called the Pirates and, well, just go look...

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I want a Jolly Roger like that . . .

Anyone know where I can get one on-line?

by Scranton on Jun 18, 2009 12:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yup.

Here.

And since they’re so inexpensive, you can buy me one for findin’ it for you.

Heh.

Free your ass and your mind will follow.

by cocktailsfor2 on Jun 18, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me too.

I was happy to find out his full name is Peter Gabriel Bako. His parents named him after Peter Gabriel? Awesome.

by IAPiratesFan on Jun 18, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Peter Gabriel

Perhaps because his last name is so close to “Biko?”

You are right. Awesome. And his hard work seems to show that he believes in Games Without Frontiers.

Free your ass and your mind will follow.

by cocktailsfor2 on Jun 18, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So, In Your Eyes...

…he was a good choice?

by Vlad on Jun 18, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I Don't Remember,

so Excuse Me as I do a Slowburn, Waiting For The Big One.

But you know me, I have No Self Control.

Free your ass and your mind will follow.

by cocktailsfor2 on Jun 18, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good find. It’s nice to read about someone psyched to be drafted.

by bolton on Jun 18, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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