Dave Riske

A reliever can't throw an inning and give up a run, and it's a good outing. It's not a good outing.

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after my second year, scouts started coming around and my velocity was going up and they were starting to give me a lot of feedback. And they're like, we're going to take you in the draft. So I committed to Texas Tech University after my second year of junior college. So I was going to go there. I didn't plan on signing in the draft. But then the scouts, this is another funny story.

after my second year, scouts started coming around and my velocity was going up and they were starting to give me a lot of feedback. And they're like, we're going to take you in the draft. So I committed to Texas Tech University after my second year of junior college. So I was going to go there. I didn't plan on signing in the draft. But then the scouts, this is another funny story.

after my second year, scouts started coming around and my velocity was going up and they were starting to give me a lot of feedback. And they're like, we're going to take you in the draft. So I committed to Texas Tech University after my second year of junior college. So I was going to go there. I didn't plan on signing in the draft. But then the scouts, this is another funny story.

The scouts told me that I was going to go the first or second day in the draft. The draft comes around. I don't go till day three, the 56th round.

The scouts told me that I was going to go the first or second day in the draft. The draft comes around. I don't go till day three, the 56th round.

The scouts told me that I was going to go the first or second day in the draft. The draft comes around. I don't go till day three, the 56th round.

So what was that like? I mean, and I was in no green room. Like the third day is just like maybe draft for favors or kind of fill roster spots.

So what was that like? I mean, and I was in no green room. Like the third day is just like maybe draft for favors or kind of fill roster spots.

So what was that like? I mean, and I was in no green room. Like the third day is just like maybe draft for favors or kind of fill roster spots.

back then my story wouldn't even happen this year because there's are now nowadays because there's only 20 rounds i was drafted the 56th round the 56th 56th i mean at that point they just kind of let like the interns yeah sometimes they do a draft and follow with the high school kids it's like a fan it's like a fantasy draft at that point right you're just filling them in yeah we we select uh gandalf because

back then my story wouldn't even happen this year because there's are now nowadays because there's only 20 rounds i was drafted the 56th round the 56th 56th i mean at that point they just kind of let like the interns yeah sometimes they do a draft and follow with the high school kids it's like a fan it's like a fantasy draft at that point right you're just filling them in yeah we we select uh gandalf because

back then my story wouldn't even happen this year because there's are now nowadays because there's only 20 rounds i was drafted the 56th round the 56th 56th i mean at that point they just kind of let like the interns yeah sometimes they do a draft and follow with the high school kids it's like a fan it's like a fantasy draft at that point right you're just filling them in yeah we we select uh gandalf because

Right. So the fifties, what number player were you? I was a 16th, 134th pick. Oh my God. In the 1996 draft.

Right. So the fifties, what number player were you? I was a 16th, 134th pick. Oh my God. In the 1996 draft.

Right. So the fifties, what number player were you? I was a 16th, 134th pick. Oh my God. In the 1996 draft.

I don't think so. But there's three of us, and it could have changed, but this is when I was playing when I got called up to big leagues in 99. They always talked about this because it was a big deal. But there's only three of us that were later than the 50th round that had 10 years in the big leagues. Yeah. It was me, Mike Piazza, and, oh, I could be getting the next, Jeff Conine, I think.