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Mr. Irrelevant’s Relevant School

Posted Jun. 11, 2009 2:56 pm by Nathan Rode
Filed under: Draft Day

With the 1,521st pick, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim took first baseman Alibay Barkley of Washington HS in New York City. While he was the last pick of the draft, relevance can be found with Barkley.

First, he has good raw power. He was a participant in the 2009 International Home Run Derby in Tampa, which was won by Kennedy-Kenrick (Limerick, Pa.) High’s Christian Walker, a third baseman taken in the 49th round by the Dodgers. However, you may have heard, but uber-prospect Bryce Harper stole the show.

Also, Barkley hails from the same high school that produced one of the best hitters baseball has seen, Manny Ramirez. Ramirez was drafted out of Washington High in 1991.

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He also played on those NY little league teams that made world series. Including the team with Danny Almonte.

Posted by Just me | June 11, 2009 at 5:17 pm | Shortcut

I do not know if you recall, but Barkley was the star player on the Harlem Little League World Series team that played in Williamsport. Here is a recent article from the New York Times about him:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05.....rkley.html

Posted by E.J. Bachinski | June 11, 2009 at 7:03 pm | Shortcut

DOB is 11/1989. He played senior year of high school at 19 years, 6 months old. Not too hard to stand out playing against 5-16-17 year-olds. He’d better better off going juco and getting battle tested.

Posted by So What | June 13, 2009 at 4:39 pm | Shortcut

make that 15-16-17.

Posted by So What | June 13, 2009 at 4:39 pm | Shortcut

I coached Alibay this fall with the New York Nine. He took over a team full of stars and carried them through the qualifier right into the perfect game’s tournament in Jupiter, florida. He is a coachable ballplayer with the willingness to learn and work hard to make himself a better player and man everyday… I wish him the best of luck and loads of success at the next level. Baseball is life for Alibay, the rest is just details….
Coach Vinnie Muscara, New York Nine

Posted by Vincent A. Muscara | June 15, 2009 at 11:45 pm | Shortcut

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