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King Shit *board owner* | posted on 03-31-2001 @ 11:53 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01  | PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Brian Cole, among the top prospects in the New York Mets' farm system, was killed in a car crash Saturday, the team said. The 22-year outfielder was driving home from spring training in Port St. Lucie, Fla., to Meridian, Miss., to drop off his truck. He was to fly Sunday to Binghamton, N.Y., to join the Mets' Double-A team. Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Cole's truck was hit by another vehicle near the Florida-Alabama border and he was killed almost instantly. The Mets were at a team dinner following an exhibition game against the Pirates at PNC Park when general manager Steve Phillips received a telephone call with the news. Phillips told the team and some of the players, who knew Cole from spring training, started to cry. Cole went to Meridian High School and was Baseball America's junior college player of the year in 1998 at Navarro Junior College in Texas. He was selected by the Mets in the 18th round of the 1998 amateur draft and turned down a football scholarship to Florida State. Cole had a combined 19 homers, 86 RBIs and 69 steals last year for Class A St. Lucie and Binghamton. He hit .312 with 54 steals for St. Lucie and .278 with 15 steals at Binghamton. He had a .306 average in the minor leagues with 135 steals, 42 homers and 193 RBIs. Cole was 5-foot-9 and Baseball America wrote that ``if Cole were a couple of inches taller, he would have been a much higher draft pick.'' Cole was optioned by the Mets to Binghamton on March 17. He batted .182 (2-for-11) for New York during spring training this year with no homers, two RBIs and three steals.  ~Matt/Froy from Jersey Official Protector of Gay Marco & SwampJunk...if he ever decides to post. | ||||
| Francine Banger | posted on 03-31-2001 @ 11:54 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Thats Terrible, I heard Ed Coleman talk about him on WFAN last week, and said he was one of their best young prospects for the future. Damn shame. | ||||
| Rowelentless Black Rock Coalition Do you have a basketball in your car? | posted on 04-01-2001 @ 1:00 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: May. 00 | Totally fucked up. Damn. R.I.P. -I'm really Broadbandnigga!- | ||||
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