Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>> Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:

>>>How many MLB players come from the Dominican Republic?
>>>How many MLB players come from Japan?

>> Actually, the REAL question is "When will the Japanese allow the
>> US to draft players directly out of college?"

> Is there any particular reason why sepponian teams couldn't do that now? 
> Or out of high school for that matter?

Not sure about this sepponia, but the US has a sort of "gentleman's
agreement" not to draft the kids, though I believe some kids have 
tried to circumvent that. Actually, the biggest obstacle is the 
roughly 10 years or so the Japanese have to put in before they 
become unrestricted free agents.

Mike