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Detroit Tigers: The 1997 MLB Draft

14 Jul 1998: Pitcher Matt Anderson #51 of the Detroit Tigers in action during a game against the Kansas City Royals at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers defeated the Royals 8-3. Mandatory Credit: Rick Stewart /Allsport

Former Detroit Tigers GM Randy Smith made the only choice that he could of in the 1997 MLB draft.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is better, especially when it comes to saving life, or some pain! William Blake. (Blake was an English poet in the 1700s, not a Detroit Tigers fan)

When a majority of Detroit Tigers fans think of Matt Anderson, they may think of the pain of a first pick overall wasted.