Tommy Lasorda To Represent Dodgers At Amateur Draft

The upcoming 2010 amateur entry draft will be held on June 7th. Tommy will be joined by senior adviser for the Dominican Republic Ralph Avila at the draft, which takes place in New York and airs at 4 P.M. PST on the 7th. Avila has been with the organization for over 40 years.

MLB.com will offer live coverage and analysis of the entire First-Year Player Draft on June 7-9 on MLB.com/Live. The first round and Compensation Round A will be broadcast live on MLB.com and MLB Network on June 7, beginning with the Draft preview show at 3 p.m. PT/6 ET.

MLB.com Draft expert Jonathan Mayo will join Greg Amsinger, Harold Reynolds, John Hart, Peter Gammons and Baseball America executive editor Jim Callis on Monday's broadcast.

Tommy's been an active participant of the amateur draft for a good stretch of the past decade, announcing the Dodgers' first pick every year but one since 2002.

You can follow Tommy's every move on Twitter: @TommyLasorda.

[Tommy Lasorda To Represent Dodgers At 2010 First-Year Amateur Draft]

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A Question For The Baseball and Stat-Loving World

Am I the only one who finds it both amusing and sad that Harold Reynolds is co-hosting a special on the MLB Network about baseball and statistics?

The same Harold Reynolds who has a career OBP of .327 (frankly, I'm shocked it's above .300) and an OPS+ of 83.

The same Harold Reynolds who wrote this monstrosity of a blog post on baseball stats, that of course included the mandatory "clogging the bases" statement that people who know nothing about baseball think about players who draw a lot of walks.

In honor of old Harold, this post will go up at the time corresponding to his on-base percentage.

Have some fun and read the Harold Reynolds archives over at Fire Joe Morgan.