I've been waiting all week for the 2010 preview guides (Sporting News, Athlon, and Lindy's are my preferred choices) to arrive at a nearby book store so I can pick them up and spend the next two months thumbing through them. The team breakdowns are always the number one reason to read the various mags, but they also offer other reasons to purchase them.

Like this absolutely wonderful article on Orel Hershiser, from the 1989 Sporting News Baseball Yearbook. Orel had just come off of a season for the ages, winning the NL Cy Young Award and the NLCS and World Series MVPs. He was also still, technically, in the midst of a 59+ consecutive scoreless innings streak (eventually broken in the first inning of Opening Day). He was, needless to say, a hot commodity. So hot, in fact, that the guys at the Sporting News thought that these pictures were a wise idea (click to enlarge). Talk about a different era. (And here's a shot of the cover of the magazine for good measure.)

It's Friday, and I don't have much else to say. The Brewers fan fest is this weekend, and I'm looking forward to that. I doubt I'll be shelling out $25 for a Ryan Braun or Prince Fielder autograph while I'm there (though if I'm lucky enough to score a Robin Yount autograph ticket, I might not be able to pass that up). The $10 charge for Casey McGehee might be more my cup of tea, if for no other reason than to let him know that there's someone else from Fresno in Milwaukee besides him and Anthony Witrado.

Who knows. I'm just glad to be that much closer to spring training and the baseball season. Now if only those stupid preview mags will show up...

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written by Mike, January 29, 2010

Must be FanFest weekend. Bill and I are headed to TwinsFest tonight. Orel Hershiser=a young Gilbert Godfried. Discuss.

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written by Sweet Lou, January 29, 2010

Lar -- Are you hearing anything in Milwaukee about the Brewers potentially moving to Florida for Spring Training? I hear that Naples may be shifting their focus to the Brewers now that they lost out on the Cubs. I'm guessing that the Brewers are now the target because they are the next team to have their Spring Training agreement expire (in 2012, I think).

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written by lar @ wezen-ball, January 29, 2010

Hershiser and Gottfried, eh? Man, I don't even know where I would begin on that one. It would be interesting to see Orel go off like Gilbert on air once or twice, though... maybe mix the Aristocrats joke into a story about the Baseball Boogie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW7q0JzWaoY)?

Have a good time at the Fest this weekend. If you get to meet Bert again, maybe you can tell him how Bill got into a Twitter fight with Heyman about his candidacy...

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written by lar @ wezen-ball, January 29, 2010

Lou:

Haven't heard much. I think everyone would be pretty surprised if the Brewers up and moved to Florida for spring training. Selig seems to like Arizona, Attanasio is from Los Angeles (and probably like the proximity), and Wisconsinites tend to have a connection to Arizona anyway. I think there'd have to be a lot of enticement to bring the Brewers out that way.

There is all that weird conspiracy theory stuff from last week(?) about spring training and the Cubs and the Brewers... who knows.

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