July 19, 1993 Table Of Contents
News Of The Week
With a Senior Open win, Jack Nicklaus remained a major player
Kenya's Yobes Ondieki took the 10,000-meter record to a new realm
Classic
FROM THE ARCHIVES OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
A Baseball Timeline
Edited by Richard Demak
Dateline: The Author Returns To Yesteryear To Report An event In Baseball History
BOSOX SLUGGER ENDS SEASON WITH .406 MARK
Special Classic Edition: 1968
In the tumultuous summer of 1968, pitchers Denny McLain and Bob Gibson set baseball ablaze
By Steve Rushin
Greatest Games
By Roy Blount Jr.
By Tim Kurkjian
By Robert W. Creamer
By Ron Fimrite
Angels
The Los Angeles Angels were an expansion team, but they didn't play like one
By Ron Fimrite
Sam Rice
Hall of Famer Sam Rice came out of nowhere to play rightfield for the Washington Senators. But where was nowhere?
By Steve Wulf
DiMaggio
A photographic portfolio of a hero whose luster never fades
Landis
Baseball's first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, was part hero, all ego
By Ron Fimrite
By Ron Fimrite
Classic: Sports People
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO...: Walt Dropo
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO...: Dick Allen
By Franz Lidz
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO...: Herb Washington
By Franz Lidz
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO...: Hal Griggs
By Hank Hersch
Inside
All-Star Break 1951
By Tim Kurkjian
By Steve Hirdt
What Might Have Been
The annals of baseball are filled with twists of fate so tantalizing that sometimes you cannot help but wonder: What would have happened if...?
By Steve Rushin
Classic/Point After
The Negro leagues' all-star bash was grand for this Hall of Famer
By Monte Irvin
Departments
By Mark Mulvoy