This year may be unprecedented in the drafting annuls for a city.
1. The Redskins had the #5 pick in the NFL draft. They took a College junior which made him as young of a draft choice as possible. It isn't all that uncommon for a junior to go first but it fits the trend.
2. The Washington Wizards have the #1 pick and they damn well better take Walls from Kentucky. As a college freshman, he also is the youngest player available. Again this is common.
3. The Washington Nationals have their 2nd consecutive #1 pick in the MLB entry drfat and they are likely to take Bryce Harper who clearly is the youngest player available. Technically he should be a high school junior but did thing to make himself available this year and not next. High school seniors get drafted but the #1 pick has many college juniord drafted #1 becuas ethey are closer to the bigs.
The same city has the #5, #1 and #1 selections in the three major sports drafts. And in each pick they will likely take essentially the youngest player eligible in the draft.
Washington DC and the Drafts
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Re: Wsahington DC and the Drafts
Yeah, but where do the Capitals draft? Probably not very high, since they finished first in the East this year. I never really noticed how horrible DC teams are outside of hockey.
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The last Caps #1 overall was some Russian. He turned out to be pretty good.
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