Unaka HR State Record in one game...
For his career at Dresden, Matt Beaty finished with a .554 batting average with 37 home runs and 147 RBI. He struck out a grand total of 13 times and was walked on 94 occasions.
McNairy keeps on winning ... Clarksburg upset leads to first ever substate ... Goodpasture gets wake up call, pounds Hume Fogg ... Overton wins pitchers duel over Brentwood ... Ooltewah falls to Warren Co. in 9 innings ... Pigeon Forge marches on ...  Farragut drops Halls, 5-4 ... Spring Hill advances with 3-1 win ... UC CONNECTIONS: Pryor one step away from Majors... Blue Devils deny Longhorns... Kingsport D-B eliminates Morristown West from region tourney in 13 innings...
Germantown 3, White Station 2

Germantown High School baseball coach Casey Callaway has known all season that when it came time to play an elimination game, he'd be sending Chad Bradford to the mound. The time came Monday, and Bradford was up to the task. The senior right-hander pitched a complete game, allowing just six hits with seven strikeouts to lead the Red Devils to a 3-2 road victory over White Station in the Region 8-AAA semifinals. Germantown will now play at Collierville on Wednesday for the region title, while the Spartans finished their season at 22-10. "All year long there was never any doubt he would be the guy to throw in this game to keep us going," Callaway said. "He's a senior, and he's been pitching for us since he was a freshman. He was ready for this." Bradford (5-1) was extremely sharp for the first four innings, hurling a shutout and keeping White Station runners mostly out of scoring position. But fatigue set in during the fifth inning, and he had to start relying on intelligence and experience as much as ability. With the Red Devils (27-12) leading 3-0, White Station finally pushed a run across against Bradford in the fifth with an RBI double by Joseph Spicer. Then the Spartans pulled within a single run at 3-2 when Jack Fargotstein scored from third on a ground-ball out by Marcus Moreland. But Bradford buckled down from there, recording the inning's last out with the bases loaded. He allowed just one hit in the sixth inning and retired the Spartans in order in the seventh. "I was feeling a little tired around the fifth inning," Bradford said. "But in that situation, you've just gotta know that you have good stuff. "  White Station pitchers Matt McKinstry and Joseph Spicer were also solid. But Germantown manufactured just enough offense, pushing all three of its runs home on sacrifice flies.

In other baseball

Region 7-AAA: Brady Bramlett picked up his eighth win of the year by holding Dyer County to three hits in the Arlington's ' 3-0 win. The Tigers (30-10) will play Hardin County on Wednesday for the region title. Hardin County advanced by winning at Bartlett 6-3.

Region 8-AAA: District 15-AAA champion Collierville blanked Central 11-0 behind the pitching of Grant Smith (6-0). The Dragons (36-8) will host Germantown on Wednesday in the region final.

Region 7-AA: Covington held off Lexington 7-6 to advance to Wednesday's region championship. The Chargers (30-9) led 7-3 entering the ninth, but Lexington scored three runs before Tommy Beasley shut the Tigers down and picked up the save.

Region 8-AA: Fairley scored 15 runs in the second inning to knock off Manassas 17-1. Thurston Rubin (6-0) picked up the win for the 19-1 Bulldogs. Kingsbury edged Carver 7-6 in the other semifinal. The Falcons will play at Fairley for the championship.

Region 8-A: Washington fell to Trinity Christian 13-0. The Warriors finish the year 16-6-1.

 

 

 

 

 

MLB Draft History Part 1: The 60's
The MLB Draft started in 1965. Twenty teams drafted players and there were 10 rounds of the draft. Of the first 5 years of the draft, this draft had the most players reach the major leagues and play at least part of one year. 68 of 200 draftee's made the big leagues at some point of their career. 13 of the first round picks played in the show.  In '66, 51 of 200 players made it. In '67 only 43 players made the MLB, while in '68 the number bounced back up to a second overall with 57 players eventually playing major league baseball. The fifth year of the draft, 1969, saw 51 players make the MLB. Below is a breakdown by round of the players who played big league ball at some point in their career for at least part of a year.  These are statistics from the June Regular draft. In the beginning of the draft MLB had 4 drafts - January Regular, January Secondary, June Regular and June Secondary. The numbers reflect the players who signed when drafted. The player is credited in the year in which they signed to play - if they were drafted more than once, which some were - we didn't count the player twice. Also, the draft actually went more than 50 rounds, but I cut my research off at 50.  After the first round the chances of becoming a MLB player fall off significantly... as I reveal the 70's, 80's, and 90's you will see the overwhelming evidence of this...
Year/Round 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 60's Total % MLB by Rd
1 10 11 12 9 16 65/104 62.5 - 1:1.6
2 6 5 7 7 8 37/104 35.5 - 1:2.8
3 4 2 4 5 10 33/104 31.7
4 7 3 4 3 5 30/108 27.7
5 4 6 5 5 5 30/108 27.7
6 5 2 2 2 7 23/108 21.3
7 3 2 0 7 3 17/108 15.7 - 1:6.4
8 1 2 0 3 4 14/108 13.0 - 1:7.7
9 2 2 1 3 1* 14/108 13.0
10 4 1 1 4 2 17/108 15.7
1-10 total 46/200 36/200 36/200 48/228 51/238 280/1068 1:3.8
1-10 % 23% 18% 18% 21.1% 21.4% 26.2%  
11 2 2 3 5 1 13  
12 1** 2 0 1 2 6  
13 0 1 1 0 0 2  
14 0 1 0 3 1 5  
15 3 1 2 0 1 7  
16 2 2 0 2 3 9  
17 1 2 0 0 1 4  
18 3 3 0 3 1 10  
19 0 0 0 1 2 3  
20 3 2 3 0 2 10  
11-20 Total 15/200 16/199 9/200 15/237 14/240 69/1076 1:15.6
11-20 % 7.5% 8% 4.5% 6.3% 5.8% 6.4%  
21 3 0 0 1 2 6  
22 2 1 0 2 1 6  
23 0 0 0 1 0 1  
24 1 0 1 0 1 3  
25 1 1 0 1 1 4  
26 0 0 1 2^ 0 3  
27 1 1 0 0 1*** 3  
28 1 0 1 0 0 2  
29 0 0 1 0 1 2  
30 1 0 0 0 0 1  
21-30 Total 10/176 3/191 3/183 7/220 7/234 31/1004 1:32.4
21-30 % 5.7% 1.6% 1.6% 3.2% 3.0% 3.1%  
31-40 5/129 3.9% 8/142 4% 5/160^^ 3.1% 4/144 2.8% 6/175 3.4% 28/750 3.7% 1:26.8
41-50 4/64 6.3% 2/66 3% 4/124 3.2% 0/60 0% 3/87 3.4% 13/407 3.2% 1:31.3
Totals 80/739 80/808 57/867 74/889 81/974 421/4305  
Overall % 10.8% 9.9% 6.7% 8.3% 8.3% 9.8%  
Notable draft picks from 60's
*- Bucky Dent **-Nolan Ryan ***-Ken Griffey ^- Bob Forsch ^^ Mike Marshall 37th round
In 1965 TN had 14 players drafted that were either from TN or played at a TN school. Of these, only one, Clyde Wright made the big leagues. Wright, who played at Carson-Newman College, was drafted in the 6th round, 107th overall. Wright pitched in 9 seasons of MLB, mainly for the California Angels.
TN only had 5 draftee's in 1966, none of which ever played MLB.
In '67, 18 players were drafted from TN schools. Two players, 2nd round pick David Sells of Sullivan South HS. Sells played parts of 5 seasons with California and the LA Dodgers. That same year, Sam Ewing of Overton HS was picked in the 45th round. Ewing played parts of 4 seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Toronto. Ewing was the lowest TN pick in the 60's to ever make the big leagues. Ewing left for pro ball in '71 when he was drafted in the January Secondary.
1968 saw three TN draft picks find big league diamonds. Wayne Garland (Cohn HS/5th round), Ross Grimsley (Frayser HS/8th) and Mike Willis (Hillsboro HS/25th round). TN also had a June Secondary draftee, Ed Goodson of ETSU, drafted as the third pick of the draft who played big league ball. Garland and Grimsley did not sign in '68. Both were drafted again in 1969 and signed.
In '69, other than Garland and Grimsley, TN had 19 players drafted total. None of these guys ever played an inning. Among the drafted was future Motlow State skipper, Don Rhoton.  The lowest ever draft pick to play in the big leagues from the 60's was drafted in 1969 - 75th round/1026 overall - Al Cowens... Cowens played 13 seasons with KC Royals, Detroit, California and Seattle. Interestingly enough, Nashville native, Butch Stinson was drafted from Cohn HS in the 75th round but did not sign.