Highly Tate-d: San Diego’s Donovan Looks To Bring Excitement to Padres
A wobbly Bud Selig waddled up to the podium, tired eyes peering through powerful spectacles at a sizable audience. All who occupied Studio 42 held their breath, awed by the mysterious air of Draft Day.
These players, just kids, had so much room to succeed or fail. It was the culmination of a year's scouting, and it was time for the number three pick to be made. John Hart directed a crooked smile at the audience, and Bud Selig cleared his throat.
"With the third pick in the 2009 First Year Player Draft, the San Diego Padres select," Selig started.
Here it came. The pick that could define a franchise. Bud Selig's lips parted, and the words came out as quick as a whip. A whip that slapped the faces of many other organization's scouting heads.
"Donovan Tate."
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