Comments on: Bill Richardson Finally Admits There Was No Play for Pay Scheme in His Baseball Past http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/09/bill-richardson-finally-admits-there-was-no-play-for-pay-scheme-in-his-baseball-past/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Mike Licht http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/09/bill-richardson-finally-admits-there-was-no-play-for-pay-scheme-in-his-baseball-past/comment-page-1/#comment-430042 Mike Licht Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:04:10 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=13208#comment-430042 The <i>Boston Globe</i> still has the AP account online: <i>Richardson, a right-handed pitcher who played at Tufts University, said he was actively scouted by several major league teams in the 1960s. He insisted his name appeared on ''a draft list of some kind" created by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. He named team scouts, who he said told him that he ''would or could" be drafted. The scouts have since died. Richardson later developed arm trouble, eliminating any possible pro career. In the summer of 1967, he played for the amateur Cape Cod League's Cotuit Kettleers. The words ''Drafted by K.C." appear next to his name on a faded team program, the Journal reported.</i> http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/11/25/a_baseball_draft_that_wasnt/ The Boston Globe still has the AP account online:

Richardson, a right-handed pitcher who played at Tufts University, said he was actively scouted by several major league teams in the 1960s.

He insisted his name appeared on ''a draft list of some kind" created by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. He named team scouts, who he said told him that he ''would or could" be drafted. The scouts have since died.

Richardson later developed arm trouble, eliminating any possible pro career.

In the summer of 1967, he played for the amateur Cape Cod League's Cotuit Kettleers. The words ''Drafted by K.C." appear next to his name on a faded team program, the Journal reported.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/11/25/a_baseball_draft_that_wasnt/

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