The Tampa Bay Rays selected high school shortstop Tim Beckham on Thursday as the top overall choice in the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The Georgia prep star is a five-tool talent whose athleticism and elite skill set has evoked comparisons to ex-Cincinnati great Barry Larkin. Beckham hit .500 for Griffin High School this season with five home runs and 31 RBI. He also scored 40 runs and stole 16 bases. At

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