Pitcher From Nowhere Signs $250K MLB Deal
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With traces of George Plimpton’s Sidd Finch prank on America, the Minnesota Twins have signed a 24-year-old pitching prospect who throws 100 mph fastballs, but was somehow never drafted.
Brandon Paulson, a 6-6 right-handed hurler, had been driving 18-wheelers,backhoes, and front-loaders for his dad’s company “John’s Excavating” until he decided to give baseball a try again. Paulson can run 60-yards in 6.6 seconds and he was cut from his high school baseball team as a freshman. Disney! You hearing this?
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