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12 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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Short YouTube clip (uploaded by Andy Neary) in which Bob Wheatley recounts receiving a surprise call offering to sign him in the 26th round to the Toronto Blue Jays. He describes doing a stress workout when his phone lit up, hearing the caller identified as Bud Smith, and accepting an offered $1,000 signing bonus with excitement and disbelief.

Questions this video answers

Toronto Blue Jays

26th round (offer mentioned while approaching a break at the 25th round)

$1,000

Bud Smith (caller identified as 'Bud Smith, Toronto Blue Jays')

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I wasn't sure if I was going to get drafted. I was literally, I was working out at my house, I was doing push ups on the floor and I. It was probably just like a stress workout. And I remember seeing my phone light up and says, bud Smith, Toronto Blue Jays. And I'm like, who the heck is Bud Smith? So I pick up the phone and he says, hey, Bob, like, we're about to go to a break here at the 25th round. We want to sign you in the 26th round. Will you sign for $1,000? Like, duh, of course I will. Are you kidding me? Like, yes, Bud, sm, whoever you are.