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- <text id=90TT1598>
- <title>
- June 18, 1990: Whiz Kid
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- June 18, 1990 Child Warriors
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- PEOPLE, Page 87
- Whiz Kid
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p>By Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole
- </p>
- <p> Baseball's big leagues were struck out by a 6-ft. 5-in.
- phenom fresh out of high school. Pitcher Todd Van Poppel, 18,
- is a top prospect, but the Texas teenager has declared that his
- immediate goal is college, not a million-dollar contract.
- Though named its No. 1 pick by the Oakland A's last week, Van
- Poppel said no thanks. Instead he'll start class this fall at
- the University of Texas, and hopes to compete in the 1992
- Olympics. "I have a long-term view," he explains. "The money
- is still going to be there in three years." Meantime, Van Poppel
- will study business management. Give the kid advance credit.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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