Albert Pujols was just dropped from the heavens, instantly a part of our lives from then on until forever. Today, to be a sports fan is to be a perpetual futurist: Your job is not just to watch your team play but also to know who will someday be playing for them, to follow the minor leagues and the draft in professional sports and obsess over recruiting in collegiate athletics. By the time, say, a Tommy Edman shows up in a Cardinals uniform, or Kofi Cockburn in an Illini jersey, I'm long aware of them, from their statistics at lower levels to
Volume 2, Issue 64: The Late Greats
Volume 2, Issue 64: The Late Greats
Volume 2, Issue 64: The Late Greats
Albert Pujols was just dropped from the heavens, instantly a part of our lives from then on until forever. Today, to be a sports fan is to be a perpetual futurist: Your job is not just to watch your team play but also to know who will someday be playing for them, to follow the minor leagues and the draft in professional sports and obsess over recruiting in collegiate athletics. By the time, say, a Tommy Edman shows up in a Cardinals uniform, or Kofi Cockburn in an Illini jersey, I'm long aware of them, from their statistics at lower levels to