Navy: Cards Pick to Report for Duty

[unhappycamper]

Navy: Cards Pick to Report for Duty
June 13, 2008
Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. - A Naval Academy graduate drafted last week by the St. Louis Cardinals was denied a bid to play ball June 12 and ordered to report for duty.

Mitch Harris, a newly commissioned ensign and Naval Academy graduate, must serve a five-year active duty commitment, Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter ruled.

"He will report to his ship as ordered," Cmdr. Jeff Davis, a Navy spokesman, told The Associated Press.

Harris, a native of Ocala, Fla., who played high school ball in North Carolina, was selected in the 13th round with the 395th pick overall. The 22-year-old right-hander went 20-13 with a 2.51 ERA in four years at Navy, averaging 11.78 strikeouts per nine innings. He was the second-highest pick in program history.

Harris is scheduled to report June 16 to the amphibious transport ship Ponce, which is homeported in Norfolk. He told The Gaston Gazette in Gastonia, N.C., on June 12 that he hadn't heard from Navy officials but was not surprised by the outcome.


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[Catch22Dem]

1. I have no problem with this

When you go to a service academy, you do so with the understanding that there will be a commitment upon graduation.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Wow, a wasted four years of college??

"He hadn't heard from Navy Officials?" Yo Ensign check out the "orders" you are holding.

[atreides1]

3. Good

Now if only the Army would revoke their BS policy!

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Hey, Ensign ....... ask about David Robinson .... actually that's Lt(jg) Robinson

[Eagle_Eye]

5. I like his quote:

"it's sad that they would take it away from me."

The Navy gave Ensign Harris a $350,000 education and expects a return on their investment. What is sad is Ensign Harris thinks he is so special that he should be allowed to take up a space at Annapolis that thousands of young met fight to get and then be allowed to shirk his obligations to his country and go peruse a million dollar career in baseball.

When Harris leaves the Navy in five years, his colleagues will say "Good riddance."