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***TABLE OF CONTENTS***
A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR
LEAGUE BY LEAGUE TOP 20 PROSPECTS
FLASHBACK TO 1996
OTHER BASEBALL NEWS
THE SCOUTING DEPARTMENT
BASEBALL AMERICA'S FRIDAY CHAT
BASEBALL AMERICA'S BUNCH O'BOOKS BLOWOUT
FANTASY BASEBALL RETOOL KIT
***A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR***
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***League-By-League Top 20 Prospects***
Baseball America annual minor league announcement of the Top 20 prospects in
each league of Minor League Baseball has begun. The lists are available to
Subscribers only and will be published in our October 29, 2001 issue which
mails out this Friday September 28, 2001. If you would like to join the
team, visit:
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Arizona League: (Subscriber)
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/minors/azltop2001.html
Gulf Coast League: (Subscriber)
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/minors/gcltop2001.html
Appalachian League: (Subscriber)
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/minors/appytop2001.html
Pioneer League: (Subscriber)
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/minors/piotop2001.html
New York-Penn League: (Subscriber)
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/minors/nyptop2001.html
Northwest League: (Subscriber)
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/minors/nwltop2001.html
Midwest League (Sept. 27)
South Atlantic League (Sept. 27)
Florida State League (Sept. 28)
California League (Sept. 28)
Carolina League (Sept. 28)
Eastern League (Oct. 1)
Southern League (Oct. 1)
Texas League (Oct. 1)
Pacific Coast League (Oct. 2)
International League (Oct. 2)
***Flashback To 1996***
Remember 1996? Baseball America named Andruw Jones Minor League Play of the
Year. Derek Jeter won the Rookie of the Year, The Yankees won the World
Series, and hitting 61 home runs in a single season still seemed out of
reach. Baseball America flashes back and lets you know who the we picked as
the Top 10 prospects were in each league in 19996. To see the list by league
visit: (Subscriber)
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/minors/5top2001.html
***Other Baseball News***
In the latest turn to one of the draft era's strangest stories, righthander
Matt Harrington has changed agents, dropping Tommy Tanzer in favor of Scott
Boras. To read more on the latest portion of the saga, visit:
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/news/harrington0925.html
General managers and crosscheckers for every major league team will be
making stops at baseball diamonds in and around Vancouver, B.C. next spring,
gauging the worth of two big, hard-throwing lefthanders projected to go in
the first round of the 2002 draft. Find out who they are, and why they are
causing all the hype: (Subscriber)
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/draft/canada0120.html
***The Scouting Department***
Mark Prior. Mark Teixeira. Josh Beckett. All are great prospects and always
hot topics for our readers, but none of them generates as many passionate
responses as Orioles prospect Ed Rogers during Baseball America online chat
sessions. Is Rogers getting the attention he deserves? Prospectaholic Josh
Boyd weighs in: (Subscriber)
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/columnists/scoutdept0920.html
***Baseball America Chat***
Do you feel that your favorite player was left off the Top 20 list? Or do
you have a question on a prospect that might help your fantasy team for '02?
Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern, join one of Baseball America's editors
and make your case or get their expert opinion. Visit:
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