In Defense of Casey Blake
Article written by Alireza.
The various pundits, kensai and me included, do a fair bit of railing against the moves made by the Dodgers. Hell, that is part of point of this site and its progenitor. That said, I was watching the FSN show In My Own Words on Casey Blake, and I found his story interesting.
I decided to look deeper at his career, adding to what I already knew, and figured out that just about everyone has given him a raw deal.
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For those that don't know, Blake was a huge fish in a small pond in Iowa, where he was rated one of the 10 best athletes in Iowa history. He then went to Wichita State and was a huge star. Despite this, he was twice drafted in the late rounds, out of high school a...
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