April 16, 1990 Table Of Contents
Focus
MAKING AN ICE MOVE INTO THE BOBSLED DRIVER'S SEAT
MY KID SISTER CALLS 'EM AS SHE SEES 'EM
By David Noland
Nostalgia
NEAT'S-FOOT OIL: A GLOVE'S BEST FRIEND
Spotlight
LORI NORWOOD, PENTATHLETE AND RENAISSANCE WOMAN
Books
NEW LIFE FOR AN ANGLING CLASSIC
First Person
WHAT'S IN A NAME? PLENTY, IN THE BASEBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA
By Rick Wolff
Fitness
BOULDER: IDEAL TERRAIN FOR TRAINING
The Masters
With a gritty run in the homestretch that began with this bunker shot at the 12th, England's Nick Faldo overtook Raymond Floyd, forced a playoff and won his second consecutive Masters
By Rick Reilly
1950 Vs. 1990
Today's players are bigger and stronger, and they make more money. But is the game Bo knows really better than its distant cousin of 40 years ago, when a Duke ruled in Flatbush and Ted Williams was still the king of Swing?
Baseball 1990
Out there behind fences and screens and Plexiglas portholes, the denizens of the bullpen live on the fringes of the game, in a peculiar world of their own
AN INTIMATE GUIDE TO LIFE AND LUNACY IN BIG LEAGUE BULLPENS, FROM A PITCHER WHO HAS SEEN THEM ALL
RUBEN SIERRA OF THE TEXAS RANGERS WAS A NEAR MVP IN '89—NOT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH FOR 'THE NEXT CLEMENTE'
IN BASEBALL'S BEST DIVISION, KANSAS CITY AND CALIFORNIA ARE STILL TRYING TO CATCH OAKLAND
By Tim Kurkjian
TO BE A NEW YORK YANKEE WAS DAVE RIGHETTI'S DREAM, BUT LIFE AS A PINSTRIPED RELIEVER HAS BEEN HARSH
By Jill Lieber
IN THIS DIVISION IN DECLINE, THE BLUE JAYS HAVE THE BEST ARMS, BUT EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE
By Tim Kurkjian
JOE CARTER, JEERED IN CLEVELAND, WILL BE CHEERED IN SAN DIEGO. BUT HE REALLY JUST PLAYS FOR HIS FAMILY
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF JOE CARTER, SAN DIEGO FINALLY HAS ALL THE GUNS IT NEEDS TO WIN THE WEST
By Steve Wulf
You Can't Keep a Good Man Down
IN 1984, DICKIE THON WAS PARTIALLY BLINDED BY A PITCH, BUT HE REFUSED TO LET BAD LUCK END HIS CAREER
By Ron Fimrite
EVEN WHITEY HERZOG IS PICKING THE METS, BUT HE COULD SURPRISE WITH HIS RESHUFFLED CARDS
By Steve Wulf
IN 1976, BASEBALL'S FIRST FREE AGENTS LANDED THE BIG, BIG MONEY. LUCKY GUYS. THEY WERE SET FOR LIFE. OR WERE THEY?
Perspective
Fans let loose during baseball's seventh-inning stretch
Games
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL, VIDEO-STYLE
These indoor games let you manage like Earl Weaver and hit like Mickey Mantle
On The Scene
Greyhound racing is the game of two elderly sisters
By Bil Gilbert
Design
The newly rebuilt J boat 'Endeavour' is a magnificent reminder of a bygone era
Sideline
HE WOULDN'T DREAM OF SELLING OUT
This fan collects baseball cards in the pursuit of happiness, not crass cash
By Ben Fong-Torres
For The Record
A Roundup of the Week April 2-8
Compiled by Tim Crothers
Point After
High-paid athletes have duties off the field too
By Steve Wulf
Departments
Edited by Craig Neff