Cover to cover.

I was thinking about how that game was started and finished, impressively, by the two pitchers featured on the front cover of the 2009 Bound Edition (below) and helped along by the routine awesomeness of their shortstop, featured on the back cover of that same book and on the front cover of the 2010 version, the shortstop who provided two hits and a walk tonight and made a wholly non-routine play seem almost routine to start the eighth. (I'm working on getting the audio for Eric Nadel's call of Elvis's play, by the way. A Cooperstown play, and a Cooperstown call. I'll email it out once I get it.)

I was thinking about how the three players on the back cover of the 2010 book, Justin Smoak and Tanner Scheppers and Martin Perez, may very well key a win over the Angels this time next year, prompting me to send an email out like this one. It's obvious and trite to point out that the all those gaudy farm system rankings of the past few years are now regularly producing big league results, but the fruition of the standout work that this franchise has been doing in scouting and player development is no longer just a promise of things to come. To celebrate Texas 4, Los Angeles 3, for this week only I'm discounting the purchase of the 2009 plus 2010 Bound Editions, which would normally cost $45 (Derek Holland's uniform number), to a mere $30 (Neftali Feliz's number). As always, you can pay by credit card at www.PayPal.com (GJSneaker@sbcglobal.net account) or by sending a check or money order to: Jamey Newberg Vincent Lopez Serafino Jenevein, P.C. 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4100 Dallas, TX 75201 Nadel-Andrus audio to you shortly. ===========================================================