April 15, 1991 Table Of Contents
Books
The city on the Delaware is at the heart of two new books, about the worst teams in baseball and about Shibe Park
By Ron Fimrite
Business
Cloudy Future for Antique Parks
Baseball's oldest stadiums have found they can't generate revenue the way their newer cousins can
Perspective
A dad, jaded by access to baseball's innermost sanctums, views the sport anew, thanks to his young boy
By Steve Wulf
Bird And Magic
Those peerless old rivals, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, could have one more fling against each other
By Hank Hersch
Swimming
Dropout Janet Evans and newcomer Anita Nall made big splashes at the nationals
Baseball Preview 1991
The Houston Astros are on the block, and our intrepid authors, flush with new wealth, venture into the baseball marketplace to answer the question: What's the deal here?
By William Oscar Johnson
Gehrig? Robinson? Aaron? When the subject is baseball history, most of today's players flunk
By Steve Rushin
Is giving signs a higher art form than stealing them? One finger says yes, two say no, three say pitchout
Toronto first baseman John Olerud is a sweet-natured 22-year-old who talks softly but carries a big stick
By Hank Hersch
Boston's power-packed lineup will leave 'em quaking in the pitching-poor East
By Tim Kurkjian
The California Angels are blessed with enough talent to overcome Oakland
By Tim Kurkjian
Acquired to add a new dimension to the Mets lineup, an undaunted Vince Coleman is off and running
By Franz Lidz
Pointing for Pittsburgh, Chicago spent 30 million bucks to be better than the Bucs
By Steve Rushin
The Dodgers and Giants will try to rock the boat, but expect more smooth sailing; from Cincinnati
By Steve Rushin
Down home in Alvin, Texas, Nolan Ryan is an old-fashioned cowboy
Down home in Alvin, Texas, Nolan Ryan is an old-fashioned cowboy
For The Record
A Rose is a Rose is a Rose...the world's greatest show is put on ice...a million-dollar swing
Edited by Michael Jaffe
Point After
As baseball's new season begins, the previous one recedes into dim memory, even for the World Series champions
Departments
By John Papanek
Edited by Steve Wulf