Jamie Hoffmann feeling pressure of being Number One draft pick

Lou Alcindor. LeBron James. Too Tall Jones. Peyton Manning. Michael Vick...

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Every kid dreams of someday being the first pick in the draft -- the most sought-after youngster in the world.

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But the talented few -- whose name that magical day is called before all others -- must endure the kind of pressure that can break a bridge in Minnesota like Lawrence Taylor greeting Joe Theisman's femur.

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Not since 1991 -- with, Brien Taylor, the Carolinian Koufax, with the 98-mile-per-hour barfight left hook -- had the Yankees drafted first... until this holiday season. They chose in the MLB Rule 5 Draft, Jamie Hoffmann, who is profiled today in the New York Times. THE FIRST PICK!

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Amazingly, Hoffmann scoffs at being placed among the likes of 1st picks such as Joe Mauer, Josh Hamilton and last year's other number one, Stephen Strasburg.

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The headline sums it up:

May Hoffmann make us forget Brien Taylor.

That way, only Alphonso will always re-remind us.