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Contents: Baseball Preview 2004 – Welcome To The New Age Of Information (The game’s conventional wisdom is taking a beating from a new stat-crazy culture that turns baseball numbers inside out – Efficiency Model: Frank Catalanotto – Five teams that made the right moves – Smart stats, dumb stats – Does clutch hitting truly exist? – Where will the numbers game go? – Jack McKeon: Who needs stats?), As So Often Happens? (A fielder makes a great play and leads off the next inning. It’s a common occurrence, isn’t it? A professor’s research ignites logistic feuding over one legendary statistic), Scouting Reports (We rank all 30 teams, tell you how they’ll finish and predict the playoff winners and, of course, the World Series champs) NCAA Tournament – Four Cornerstones (To win the NCAA championship, each of the remaining teams will require a peak performance from it’s indispensable player – How to beat Connecticut – How to beat Duke – How to beat Georgia Tech – How to beat Oklahoma State) Departments – Leading Off, Letters (Slap asterisks on spitballers, too), Air And Space (In a rage over ‘roids? Root for skinny ballplayers), Scorecard (Hootie-Martha war isn’t over – Hockey players keep on swinging – Japan’s Seabiscuuit a lovable loser – Skating judges: you’re all perfect), Faces In The Crowd, The Life Of Reilly (Aaron Boone is unlucky. Also honest. And caring) SI‘s 50th Anniversary – Golden Oldie (Once the top event in boxing, the Chicago Golden Gloves is still an entertaining show) Inside… – College Football (Callahan has Huskers throwing – Five other coaches at new schools), The NBA (Do Blazers want coach to go? – Scout on March Madness stars), The NHL (Nedved has Oilers gushing – Union chief enrages refs)
Cover: Cubs Pitcher Kerry Wood
Condition: Very Good