from Ned Colleti:

"People can become enamored watching prospects play in the minor leagues," Colletti says. "It’s always been there. It’s heightened with the way communication is now. The Internet. Cell phones. The interest is overwhelming."

Ned is right. now that cell phones exist, it’s just not possible to control prospect hype any more. i mean, when baseball fans were forced to sit down at a landline, confined to their own homes, they didn’t have the time to discuss the minor leagues. but it’s a whole new ballgame now, i tell you…...