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...speech is slow, deliberate—nothing gives away the voice that celebrates penalty shots or power play goals. There’s the stoicism of a switch hitter staring down a pitcher and the patience of a first baseman awaiting a throw from the shortstop...
...counts as better indicators of productivity. In this view, a guy who hits .250 and walks 50 times might create as many runs as one who hits .300 and strikes out a lot. He'd be a damn sight cheaper too. Sabermetrics produced signings such as that of third baseman Bill Mueller (with a $2 million-a-year salary), who would lead the American League in hitting after joining the club, and Ortiz ($1.25 million), who developed this year into an MVP candidate...
...rival Yankees try to avenge this year's loss, they may find it hard to snap up the usual big names. The Yankees are saddled with multiyear, multimillion-dollar deals for pitchers Kevin Brown and Javier Vazquez, two goats of the final league-championship game, and for first baseman Jason Giambi, who is a shell of what he once was. Of course, the Yankees' deep-pocketed owner, George Steinbrenner, can budget through those problems. And Houston's Carlos Beltran, the sexiest free agent on the market, could well be in center field for the Yankees come April, a $100 million...
...live in the moment. Focus is everything. They don't believe in curses; they believe in skills. That's true of Larry Walker, who came to the Cards in August and helped St. Louis to its first World Series appearance since 1987. He heads a fearsome foursome, including first baseman Albert Pujols, the game's best young player; third baseman Scott Rolen, a perennial candidate for Most Valuable Player; and center fielder Jim Edmonds, who hit 42 homers this year...
DIED. KEN CAMINITI, 41, the National League's most valuable player in 1996 who later admitted to steroid use; of an apparent heart attack; in New York City. The third baseman hit 40 home runs in 1996, leading the San Diego Padres to a National League division title; he later told SPORTS ILLUSTRATED he started taking anabolic steroids that year. In 2001, eight days after his retirement from the Atlanta Braves, he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and subsequently failed several drug tests required by his three-year probation, including one last month...