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Gov. Bill Richardson Corrects Baseball Draft Error
Apparently New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson wasn't in the draft after all. For nearly four decades, Richardson has maintained he was drafted by baseball's Kansas City Athletics. The claim has appeared in brief biography releases and has been reported by several news agencies. But an investigation by the Albuquerque Journal turned up no record of Richardson's claim he was drafted in 1966 by the Kansas City A's, who have since moved to Oakland. There's no record of any other team drafting him, either. The governor acknowledged the error in a story in today's paper.
Story Continues Below Richardson says he saw he'd been drafted in an old program from an amateur team he had played for in Massachusetts. He says he believed it then and through the years. Richardson was a right-handed pitcher who played at Tufts University, but arm trouble ended any chance at a pro career.
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