RIP, Hammerin' Hank. I remember rushing home on April 8 from Boy Scouts (we ended the meeting early) to hopefully get to see #715. He didn't disappoint! As Costas just said on MLB, the elite of the elite. Mt Rushmore elite.
Best thing of the offseason, lotta fun! It's amazingly professional how the models pose with the covers exactly the same regardless of where they are shipped out to for each photo op.
AP picture immediately reminded me of the early years when 'cease and desist orders' were flyin' and MLB and the Wilpolas couldn't see what was coming down the the baseball internet pike so they tried to squash it. They ultimately got it wrong, and so did I... http://www.kcmets.com/MMM021802.htmlhttp://www.kcmets.com/MMM021802.html
Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Oh yes I said staff handling If we're going biblical, here's one from The Book of Psalms: "thy rod and thy staff-handling -- they comfort me"