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LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL — Major League Baseball has completed the first day of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, which aired live on ESPN2 this afternoon from The Milk House at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. In total, 202 players were selected through the first six rounds and the two compensation rounds — the first of which followed the first round and the second that followed the third round.
The First-Year Player Draft is scheduled to resume via conference call on Friday beginning at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The Draft will have 50 rounds and will conclude after all 30 teams have passed on a selection or after the final selection of the 50th round, whichever comes first.
The following players chosen today have participated in events at Major League Baseball’s Urban Youth Academy in Compton, California: Tyler Chatwood (2nd round, 74th overall, LAA), Zachary Collier (Compensation Round A, 34th overall, PHI), Cutter Dykstra (2nd round, 54th overall, MIL), Anthony Gose (2nd round, 51st overall, PHI), Aaron Hicks (1st round, 14th overall, MIN), Mike Montgomery (Compensation Round A, 36th overall, KC), Clark Murphy (5th round, 153rd overall, TEX) and Kyle Skipworth (1st round, 6th overall, FLA).
On Friday, MLB.com will continue its comprehensive, live multimedia coverage from Florida on The Baseball Channel through the conclusion of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. Live interactive pick-by-pick results will be available through the Draft Tracker.

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(S12E03) To begin, for those unaware, South Park Studios has started to offer full episodes of the show on their official site with limited commercial interruption. I originally reported this in November.
I’ll say this: when the South Park team put their minds to it, they can come up with some fantastic animation. When you watch the crudity of the animation in standard episodes, it’s easy to forget that they’re pretty damn talented at their craft.
This episode was all over the place. There were the references to the movie Heavy Metal, of course. There was the after-school special theme and the nod to The Diary of Anne Frank . And, of course, at the end was the reference to the Eliot Spitzer scandal. All bits were individually funny but they seemed haphazardly put together like pieces from different puzzles.
I really dug the music of the Heavy Metal animations. It made me want to watch the original movie again. They really captured the essence of the movie: an acid trip with bright colors, psychedelic imagery and lots of tits.
My favorite phrases were “the Breastiary in Nippopolis” and the “Itty Titty Fairies of Mammary Mountain”.
Let’s face it, the boobs were everywhere. On buildings, on people, on weapons, on vehicles. Hell, they were even on the women. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe this is the first time the series has shown a naked animated female ass (one that was well drawn to boot).
This episode was also the first time in a while that Kenny was the featured kid of the episode. It got to the point where I was wondering if he even existed anymore. I do find it kind of disturbing that the South Park kids are supposed to be about 10 years old and despite this Kenny is something of a pervert.

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Producer Stephen "Static Major" Garrett, creator of many of the hottest R&B songs of the last decade, has died. The 32-year-old producer/artist from Louisville, Kentucky, best known for his work with Timbaland as well as his own career with the group Playa, has apparently died of a brain aneurysm, reports say.
The prolific producer, songwriter and artist got his star with Jodeci’s Devante Swing in the Swing Mob production group. That group would include future superstars Ginuwine, Missy and Timbaland, who Static went on to collaborate with most notably on Ginuwine and Aaliyah’s projects.
Garrett was also a member of the group Playa, a R&B group who hit with "Cheers to You" in 1988. At the time of his death, Garrett was working on another album to be entitled Suppertime. The first single "I Got My" features Lil’ Wayne.
Among the major hits Static wrote lyrics for are Aaliyah’s "Are You That Somebody" and "Try Again" Ginuwine’s "So Anxious" and "Pony" Nas and Ginuwine’s "You Owe Me" Pretty Ricky’s On the Hotline" and Truth Hurts’ "Addictive."
Fans and friends have poured out condolences via Garrett’s MySpace page. One says: "There is no doubt in my mind that this would have been the year that you took over the whole game."

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