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Guest0774
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Posted - 06/07/2011 :  16:09:48  Reply with Quote
Ok not strictly a hockey story, but found this interesting:

Trevor Gretzky was drafted to the Cubs in the 7th round of this years draft.

Must be a proud day for dad, seeing his kid make his own path and succeeding. Will be watching for him in a few years down (say 5 yrs-ish) the line if he can continue to progress.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=15626233&c_id=mlb

leigh
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Posted - 06/07/2011 :  16:22:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Great link guest! That's pretty cool. I wonder how the genes will translate to baseball? I would assume his natural athletic ability helps him immensely, but at the end of the day you have to apply yourself and he must be doing something right.

It must be incredible to have a father who knows what it takes to be a winner at the highest level (a blessing and a curse I suppose). According to the sportscast in the link he'll probably go on to play college ball but there are not any big expectations beyond that at this time...but he's young yet.

Very cool!
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Posted - 06/08/2011 :  13:57:17  Reply with Quote
Wayne himself was a great baseball player and could have played pro baseball. What a loss that would have been to the hockey world if he chose the diamond instead of the pond.
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Pasty7
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Posted - 06/08/2011 :  14:08:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i have herd he is quite the football player himself... Baseball is my second sport after hockey and i watch a lot of TWIB (this week in basball) las year they actually had Wayne and Trevor on the show to talk about Trevor's possible draft to pro baseball and what drew him to ball instead of Hockey, and he basicly answerd growing up in California all his friends were playing ball and it wasn't very easy to play hockey..

Speaking of TWIB has anyone seen this show.. even if you are not a baseball fan it s mega good entertainment and very informative,, the NHL should make a carbon copy of this show called This Week in Hockey it would do wonders for the sports exposer to the casual fan

"I led the league in "Go get 'em next time." - Bob Uecker
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Alex116
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Posted - 06/08/2011 :  14:58:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
TWIB is awesome Pasty! I'm a sports freak and watch pretty much anything so some casual fans who don't really enjoy baseball prob have never bothered to watch.

I totally agree, a hockey version would be great, especially in the US to help promote / understand the game for the casual fans down there who didn't grow up with the sport!
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