Mike Fontenot dodged his draft day date with the old "I'm washing my hair" excuse. His bad timing...

Mike Fontenot dodged his draft day date with the old "I'm washing my hair" excuse. His bad timing caused him to miss one of the biggest moments of the Blackhawks' season too...

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That's one long shower,

especially if he was drafted in the 19th round.

Sarah, keep up the good work. I love seeing this kind of stuff, it helps color our perception of them as human beings more than just distant players and numbers on our favorite team.

And I promise to visit your site more often to make sure you get the hits and keep your stuff going.

Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton

by KaliCub on Jun 9, 2009 11:29 AM CDT reply actions

Mike was a 1st round pick by the Orioles.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Jun 9, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks for the clarification.

Time to clear out the ears again.

Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton

by KaliCub on Jun 9, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Further clarification.

Fontenot was the 19th pick in the first round by the Orioles in 2001.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jun 9, 2009 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions

One day I’d love to chat with you Sarah as this is entertaining. I’m a producer over at WWE (I might be partially responsible for Soriano getting ripped on a month ago or atleast responsible for letting high ups know that he does the “You can’t see me after a HR”) and I’d love to hear about your story of how you got into this business and really the BTS of mouthpiecesports.com.

by ak123 on Jun 9, 2009 11:52 AM CDT reply actions

haha

nice. soriano’s bit sure made the rounds on the ol’ interwebs, that’s for sure. shoot me an email sometime – spain2323@GMAIL.COM

KALICUBS – appreciate the kind words and the hits, of course. lemme know if there’s a particular player you’d like to see more of or have questions for and i’ll try to get it done!

by spain2323 on Jun 10, 2009 12:09 PM CDT reply actions

Sarah,

Curious, are the role players more available to you or does everyone make the time to talk?

But if I had to pick just one guy, it would be Guzman. He had all those expectations and injuries through the years. What kind of disappointments, obstacles, extra work, support systems did he have in order to find his way to the major leagues?

But really, any of the team that will give you the time of day And that will give you something more than the canned/cliched response is welcome.

Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton

by KaliCub on Jun 10, 2009 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions