PPT Slide
WE HAD FOUND NEW MEANING TO BASEBALL,
NOT BECAUSE WE HAD THE BEST HOME RUN HITTER
IN EITHER LEAGUE, HE WAS HEALTHY HE WAS POLITE,
KIND AND REALLY HATED TO LOOSE,OR LET THE TEAM
OR THE FANS DOWN…NOPE JUST BEAUSE HE WAS
EXCITING TO WATCH. WE AS FANS SELDOM SEE A
PLAYER STAND UP TO THE PLATE AND GET THAT OLD
FEELING THAT THE GUY IS REALLY GOING TO SMACK
THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK,
GONE ARE THE DAYS OF MANTLE, MAYS, KILLIBREW,
JACKSON, MCCOVEY. GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES I
SAW MANY OF THOSE, AND WHEN MCGWIRE TURNED
ON THE HEAT IN THE SUMMERS OF 97 AND 98 I FELT…