Short Hops: Wally Joyner by Reeves Wiedeman
10 May 2011 by Ted
Reeves Wiedeman, Kansas City native, is on the editorial staff at the New Yorker. You can find his writing on a variety of topics at reeveswiedeman.net. Follow Reeves on Twitter @wiedemar.
From 1992 to 1995, he was fine but never great in his role as the Royals’ first baseman. Fine but never great is basically what being a Royals fan felt like from 1992 to 1995. Squeezed between George Brett and Mike Sweeney, Wally Joyner was also the first basemen of the formative years in my life as a sports fan. I chose basketball.