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A Flood of Memories
2003-02-12 11:06
Last month, the main pipe for my buildingÕs sprinkler system burst, flooding the garage with several feet of water in a matter of minutes. The water seeped into our storage unit and reached two of the boxes that hold my newspaper and magazine collection. YouÕd think I would have learned. A hot water heater that tore away from its moorings in our basement during the 1994 Northridge quake took out a bunch of World Series programs I had collected. But no, I am not a good learner. Anyway, in rescuing papers from the box, I did find a dry copy of the Top 10 NL West Prospects issue of Baseball America from March 1993. The text within is nothing if not É poignant. Some excerpts: 1) Mike Piazza, C, 24 2) Raul Mondesi, OF, 21 3) Roger Cedeno, OF, 18 4) Greg Hansell, RHP, 21 5) Pedro Martinez, RHP, 21 6) Todd Williams, RHP, 21 7) Billy Ashley, OF, 22 8) Omar Daal, LHP, 20 9) Todd Hollandsworth, OF, 19 10) Rick Gorecki, RHP, 19 The top prospects for the other teams in the Ð remember when? Ð six-team NL West: Murray is now a Dodger non-roster invitee, the only person in this entry with the team. All's well that ends well. What about all that doesn't end well? Is it not well, or could it also have been well? (No, of course I don't know what that means. But somehow it gives me closure.)
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