April 5, 1989 Table Of Contents
Baseball 1989
TAKE HEED. BASEBALL'S OLD EASTERN ESTABLISHMENT HAS FALLEN. IN THE '89 SEASON...
By Rick Reilly
THE MAJOR LEAGUE CATCHER: ALWAYS A RARE BREED, HE'S NOW AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To
BASEBALL IS SUFFERING FROM A SHORTAGE OF GOOD CATCHERS. WHY IS THAT?
PIRATE ANDY VAN SLYKE HAD TO BE TRADED BEFORE HE LIVED UP TO HIS BILLING
By Ralph Wiley
IF TEXAS'S SCOTT FLETCHER IS WORTH ALL THAT MONEY, WHY ISN'T HE FAMOUS?
By E.M. Swift
GARY SHEFFIELD LEARNED HIS BASEBALL AND MORE IN TAMPA'S BELMONT HEIGHTS
All My Padres
For 15 years, the San Diego Padres have lived a soap opera, complete with a cast of characters that would do daytime TV proud
By Steve Wulf
Scouting Reports
NOW THAT THE SAN DIEGO PADRES ARE ARMED AND LOADED, IT'S GOING TO GET WILDER IN THE WEST
By Steve Wulf
THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS HAVE MADE PEACE, WHICH MEANS GRIEF FOR THE REST OF THIS TROUBLED DIVISION
Scouting Report
IF THE NEW YORK METS CAN KEEP FROM TEARING THEMSELVES APART, NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP THEM
By Steve Wulf
IN THIS ONCE-DERIDED, NOW-POTENT DIVISION, POWERHOUSE OAKLAND JUST GETS BIGGER AND BETTER
Basebal 1989
THE BASEBALL UNIFORM HAS A HISTORY AS COLORFUL AS THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE WORN IT
Point After
PUT THE WORLD IN WORLD SERIES
By Ron Fimrite