Danny Young was a pitcher in Major League Baseball

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. He was drafted by the Houston Astros

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 in the 83rd round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft. Young holds the distinction of the being the lowest draft pick ever to reach the Major Leagues. This will likely remain the case for the foreseeable future because MLB's annual draft no longer lasts 83 rounds.

Young had a very brief career in the Major Leagues, pitching in only four games for the Chicago Cubs

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 during the 2000 season. His most memorable outing happened to be his major league debut on March 30, 2000 against the New York Mets

New York Mets

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 at the Tokyo Dome

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 in Tokyo, Japan. In that contest, Young was summoned to pitch the top of the 11th inning with the goal of preserving a 1-1 tie. He quickly recorded the first two outs, but then loaded the bases before surrendering a grand slam

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 home run

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 to the Mets' Benny Agbayani

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. The four runs allowed proved to be the margin of victory, as the Cubs failed to score in the bottom of the inning and fell to the Mets 5-1.

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