The Detroit Tigers, presently eight games ahead of the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central, signed first round draft pick Andrew Miller of North Carolina.
Miller reportedly received a signing bonus of $5.4 million and a four year, $7 million contract.
The Tigers hope to get Miller ready to be a September callup.
The biggest contract signed by a drafted player this year was not by Miller or #1 pick Luke Hochevar of the Royals. The Cubs signed Notre Dame's Jeff Samardzija to a four year, $7.25 million contract.
"Samardzija" is a Polish name meaning "use cut and paste."
Now the Italian names make sense to me -- they are all spelled phonetically. Once you understand how to spell macchia, the rest is easy. I don't know if it's the same for Polish.
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That's a word that isn't used nearly enough, by the way. Guffaw. Also one of those words that sounds dirty but isn't.
i am polish, you see.
"The Griddle: improving vocabularies one crack at a time."
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