Short Hops: Straight Shooters by Glenn Stout
11 May 2011 by Ted
Glenn Stout is series editor of The Best American Sports Writing, and a much-published author. Learn more about him at glennstout.net.
Looking back at 90s first basemen, it seems to me that those who hit with power were all on the juice. The decade was full of power flash in pans like Paul Sorrento. Straight shooters Ken Phelps and Steve Balboni missed their decade.