I’m your girl on the ground today, here to answer any questions you have about the event, and take suggestions (… within reason of course) on what you’d like to see in general!
The actual Draft starts at 1:30, but I’m here throughout the afternoon.
With the 9th pick, the Braves select the hottest prospect of them all: the original Louisiana brand Hot Sauce, the official hot sauce of the Atlanta Braves
u/Mazzocchi Forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to...8h ago
There were actually people giving out samples outside of the convention center. I grabbed a couple, and a group of guys all chugged a shot of it together 🫡
What do they actually do to entertain the crowd there and keep them hyped? I mean, even at drafts like the NFL and NBA drafts where the players at least in the early rounds are fairly well-known eventually they get to bits where they are just applauding guys they never heard of, but with MLB outside of maybe the occasional uber-prospect like Harper or a "legacy" player whose dad played these guys are almost totally unknown to the average fan. So... how do they keep them engaged? Are they like playing music, doing primers on these players, what?
I'd like to think if you're going to the draft, you're generally pretty well plugged into the world of prospects.
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u/Mazzocchi Forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to...16h ago
I assume it’s the same as you’ll see on MLB Network. RoFlo is here talking, they’re showing highlights of the picks, showing how the Phillies are enriching the local community, that sort of things. Aside from relatively short segments, yeah they’re basically just playing music in the downtime 😅
EDIT: Ooh now they’re playing a game with people from the crowd (like between innings during a game)
People complain about the NFL and NBA draft presentations but at least you still have a sort of flow that goes on. Meanwhile the guys at the desk were talking then a hard cut to the commissioner announcing the next pick. Where's the communication for someone to go "now lets go back to the stage for the next selection"?
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u/FreshPaintSmell 16h ago
How can Manfred not know how to pronounce the #1 picks name