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...answer: Carlos Delgado, first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays. Delgado signed an extension with the Jays at the end of the 2000 season that will pay him an average annual salary of $17 million. At the time, it was the largest yearly salary ever for a professional baseball player--that is, of course, until A-Rod went on the market...
...countless babies and stumped until their throats were raw. The strain was showing on both men; at a Sunday rally in Dearborn, Mich., Gore twice called Bruce Hornsby, the evening's entertainment, Rogers Hornsby, who as we all know was in fact the Rajah, the fabulous (and deceased) second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals during the '20s. Meanwhile Bush provided his usual quota of flubs, calling the inheritance tax the "death penalty" (he was searching for "death tax"). Even after all that, both candidates are widely expected to summon the energy to vote today...
...First baseman Mark McGwire, with arms bigger than mountains, was 0-for-2 in the series. When LaRussa sent him to bat in Game Two, first base was open and the Mets had sense enough to walk the biggest slugger in baseball since at least Willie McGee...
...perhaps the biggest problem the Cardinals had was the constant re-shuffling of its lineup and pitching rotation. Trying to combat the Mets' southpaw squadron, LaRussa tried to spread out his right-handed batters. With McGwire relegated to pinch-hitting, the most powerful right handed batter was third baseman Fernando Tatis, who hadn't been playing consistently since the dog days of summer. Granted, Tatis did his best, but his glove was too costly...
...Defense. Employing the best middle-of-the-field defense in baseball, the Cardinals have reason to be confident because shortstop Edgar Renteria, second baseman Fernando Vina and center fielder Jim Edmonds will form a black hole up the middle. Grounders, line drives and pop-ups will go there...