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Frank WakefieldI can join you in cheering the Phillies along.
I'm hoping Joseph Blanton can get into a game some way or another. His senior year of high school was here in my home town of Franklin, I went out to see him pitch one day, he was one of the best high school pitchers in the state that year. He "moved" here from a smaller school so that he'd have greater exposure to scouts. And I think part of it was to get to our coach, who was pretty good, and our team which had a shot at going to the State Tournement, which they did with Blanton.
Blanton pitched for the University of Kentucky, after high school at Franklin-Simpson.
Blanton was a first round draft for the Oakland A's in 2002. The A's had 2 picks that first round, they chose Blanton with their second pick, the 24th selection of the first round.
Go Phillies!!!!