Thursday, February 19, 2009

Feb. 19 -- VIDEO: JENKINS, HEWITT & MORE

BY SCOTT LAUBER

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Before we get to today's video, I wanted to mention that a crew from HBO's "Real Sports" has been here for the past two days, working on a story about Charlie Manuel that is scheduled to air March 17 and could be pushed to April. The leader of that crew is Frank Deford, one of my all-time journalistic heroes. For our younger readers, Deford, 70, was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated during the magazine's glory days. He's also a novelist (he wrote "Everybody's All-American") and, quite simply, one of the best storytellers ever. If you haven't read it, check out "The World's Tallest Midget," an anthology of great Deford stories.

And now, without further ado, our daily video, which highlights Geoff Jenkins' adjusted batting stance, the promise of Anthony Hewitt and more.

No comments: