Nate Roberts, OF, High Point University
by John Sickels on Jun 16, 2010 3:02 PM EDT
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PrintThe Twins drafted Nate Roberts out of High Point University this year in the fifth round. I thought this was a very good choice. His performance this year was outstanding: 416/.573/.746, 53 walks in 209 at-bats, 36 steals in 39 attempts. Big South Player of the Year, and despite what Baseball America wrote about him, he has enough tools to interest the Twins, who usually rate athleticism pretty highly.
Then there is this quotation from Roberts from back in March:
""I really like the original Star Trek movies," he said. "The new one is fine but it is just mindless action. I like the originals for that they stand for. There is no money, everyone is working together and the crew is so diverse. I'm not a freak Trekkie who dresses up or anything but I love watching the movies."
Nate Roberts is now my favorite baseball player.
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I don't know, I'm pessimistic
about Roberts succeeding as a professional, I’m curious where the Twins will start him at if he signs this year and plays immediately … Single A Beloit in the midwest league? probably. But maybe Elizabethan would be a possibility.
I’m not so sure he’s going to be able to translate his smooth swing onto this stage, but I’m definately rooting for him I hope he Mashes!
Wow Blackburn makes nearly identical money as Baker does now....
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jun 16, 2010 6:45 PM EDT reply actions
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The new movie was quite good, not as cheesy as the originals, which can appeal to the masses.
Roberts sounds like a obstinate old dude denigrating anything new
With all due respect to Roberts, an 8.2 IMDb rating (#163 all-time) contradicts his assertion that the 2009 Star Trek is “just mindless action.” The fact is, despite his fond memories of the past (a large part of which he wasn’t even alive for), there was plenty of money spilled on TOS movies, and several TOS movies weren’t exactly top notch. Seriously, has he even seen TMP or FF? TOS has had its share of disappointing movies. This is another case of uncritically applied nostalgia.
IMDB ratings don’t contradict assertions. Like any unscientific internet poll, they’re reflective of the self-selecting population that chooses to take them. He didn’t like the movie; a bunch of people did. Just because the people who liked it gave it a high rating doesn’t necessarily mean he’s wrong.
Full disclosure, I tend to agree with him — the new Star Trek movie was decent, not great.
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by alexwithclass on Jun 17, 2010 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions
+1
It was OK. With a few tweaks to the script, it could have been excellent, without messing with the action scenes that appeal to ‘modern’ audiences.
My complaint was that the writing was unnecessarily sloppy. I could have fixed it in two hours.
by John Sickels on Jun 17, 2010 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Still, a ball player that likes Star Trek,
gotta say, I’ll be pulling for him now, too! Thanks for sharing, John.
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