Nationals Eat Crow
August 16th, 2008
The Washington Nationals weren’t able to agree on a contract with Aaron Crow before this morning’s midnight deadline to sign draft picks. That means that the highly touted right-hander, who Washington chose with the 9th-overall pick in this past June’s Draft, will play with the Fort Worth Cats, an independent league team who was able to sign Crow.
Before I take a side in this standoff that ended in a loss for both Crow and the team who drafted him, let me tell you a little bit about “the one that got away.” Read the rest »