Late-night deliberations often stretched into the wee hours of the morning, until Tampa Bay settled on Tim Beckham as the No. 1 pick in the baseball draft. Then, the Rays didn’t waver. “As the process went on, getting a chance to spend time with him, to see that this is truly who he was — because when you watch this guy play, there’s this enthusiasm and there’s this advanced feel to play the game…
Posted: June 6th, 2008.
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