Looks like the Twinkers are spending a little ching

by Johnny Safron on Aug 20, 2009 7:01 PM EDT

Being this came from a pay site I won't include too much, in order to keep barristers from sweeping down, but if you're industrious maybe you can find the whole thing in print or online.

From the Wall Street Journal Europe:

BERLIN -- Kathy Kepler, once a star ballerina at the Berlin ballet, has a saying: "Three days away, out of the ballet."

That training motto also serves her son Max, baseball's most unusual prospect. Max Kepler-Rozycki, 16, has just received an $800,000 bonus to sign with the Minnesota Twins, a stunning sum for a teenager out of Europe and a record for an amateur position player outside the U.S. and Latin America.

Officials from a dozen U.S. Major League teams, including the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs, came to Berlin this year to check out the 1.9-meter, 86-kilogram outfielder.

NOTE: For those not familiar with the metric system, that translates into 9 foot, 720-pound outfielder. Well, maybe I'm a little off on my conversion.

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I think your conversions are about right.

Those Germans are huge.

by Jesse on Aug 20, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions

Every team needs a 9 footer

by Hjorvarthr on Aug 20, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions

His strike zone will be huge

Of course at that size he could carry a telephone pole for a bat.

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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Aug 20, 2009 11:05 PM EDT reply actions

Instead of a dog, he'll have a blue ox

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Aug 21, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions

conversion

I’m guessing it was sarcasm, but a Kilogram is between 2 and 3 pounds and a meter is about 39 inches. A 1.9 meter tall individual is around 6 foot and 180 pounds.

by diehardtwinsfan on Aug 21, 2009 5:22 PM EDT reply actions

A kilogram

is 2.2 lbs. He would go 172 lbs. You got the meter right at 39 inches.

by BAIT on Aug 21, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions

6-3 190 lbs.

This guy’s the best European prospect ever.

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Aug 21, 2009 9:39 PM EDT reply actions

That's pretty thick for a 16 year old kid!

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by AdamOnFirst on Aug 22, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions