| 29 January 2010
Orel would like for you to buy his products (sorry for the less-than-perfect scan of the two-page image - click to enlarge).
I've been waiting all week for the 2010 preview guides (Sporting News, Athlon, and Lindy's are my preferred choices) to arrive at a nearby book store so I can pick them up and spend the next two months thumbing through them. The team breakdowns are always the number one reason to read the various mags, but they also offer other reasons to purchase them.
Like this absolutely wonderful article on Orel Hershiser, from the 1989 Sporting News Baseball Yearbook. Orel had just come off of a season for the ages, winning the NL Cy Young Award and the NLCS and World Series MVPs. He was also still, technically, in the midst of a 59+ consecutive scoreless innings streak (eventually broken in the first inning of Opening Day). He was, needless to say, a hot commodity. So hot, in fact, that the guys at the Sporting News thought that these pictures were a wise idea (click to enlarge). Talk about a different era. (And here's a shot of the cover of the magazine for good measure.)
It's Friday, and I don't have much else to say. The Brewers fan fest is this weekend, and I'm looking forward to that. I doubt I'll be shelling out $25 for a Ryan Braun or Prince Fielder autograph while I'm there (though if I'm lucky enough to score a Robin Yount autograph ticket, I might not be able to pass that up). The $10 charge for Casey McGehee might be more my cup of tea, if for no other reason than to let him know that there's someone else from Fresno in Milwaukee besides him and Anthony Witrado.
Who knows. I'm just glad to be that much closer to spring training and the baseball season. Now if only those stupid preview mags will show up...
