David Clyde

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A record-setting contract, maybe even a leap to the bigs this summer, await draft phenom , but as plenty of past can't-miss kids will attest, you can miss

His second climb to the big leagues will take far longer than his first

TEXAS NATIVE Jessica Simpson will play David Clyde's girlfriend in Walk On, a movie about the 18-year-old pitcher who broke into the majors with the Rangers in 1973 three weeks after graduating from high school....

TRIPLE THREAT: b. The three-sport phenom was Don Gullett. Now the Reds' pitching coach, Gullett starred at McKell High in South Shore, Ky. He was 109-50 over his nine-year career with the Reds and the Yankees.