Roy "Doc" Halladay
Yesterday the National League announced it's
Cy Young winner
Roy Halladay! So, I dug in the collection but not far and found the perfect fit for this occasion,
SI's baseball 2010 preview issue. Well let's see how this years baseball season's preview issue from SI fared in picking award winners and the
World Series winner.
Cover:In his
new red and white pinstriped uniform we see
Roy "Doc" Halladay with a menacing look of determination that this workhorse used to
dominate the National League in 2010. Roy with his work ethic finally got on the
Philadelphia Phillies a team that could be a contender for the World Series. The NL had to be shaking in the
cleats. Little did we know that we would see a true gem in a
perfect game in the first season in the National League and he would win the coveted Cy Young Award.
The Bench:
1. The
2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four with only four teams: Who was going to prevail and
win their school the big one?
The winner:
Duke Blue Devils...Again!
In The Game:
*2010 SI Baseball Preview*1. The heart of the preview of the season was that of the trade of
Roy "Doc" Halladay to
Phillies. SI put a great 8 page spread out that wrote about his
start in the bigs, the trade and where his future legacy wants to be in and out of
baseball.
2. The batter looking at the time to face Roy in the World Series was
Ben Zobrist and the
Tampa Bay Rays.
3. The
business of baseball and the
salaries earned by the major league players with a few rolling in
dough.
Some of the top money earners for the 2010 season:
- Joe Mauer: $12,500,000.00
- Albert Pujols: $16,000,000.00
- Chase Utley: $15,000,000.00
- Alex Roriguez: $32,000,000.00
- Derek Jeter: $21,000,000.00
4. The hitting
patience of
Denard Span with the
Minnesota Twins and the on base percentage all major leaguer's dream of someday acheiving is captured with great artwork and expert writing by
Joe Posnanski. Congrats to
Ron Gardenhire for manager of the year.
5. Scouting Reports - let's jump right up to SI's predictions of the playoffs
- American League Division Series
- National League Division Series
- AL Championship Series
- NL Championship Series
- World Series
Well, as we all know now the
Texas Rangers made it to their first World Series and
San Francisco Giants won it all to make history.
Sliding into Home:
The Vault has a great pic of
Ervin "Magic" Johnson at Michigan State and
Larry Bird with Indiana State in their college days in the finals of the NCAA tournament. In my opinion the best
EVER!
