SPORTS ONE-HIT WONDERS BY THOMAS CAROTHERS THE WILD WORLD OF sports SportsZone An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
CHAPTER 1 BRADY’S BUNCH OF BLASTS long-held belief in baseball is that power is the last skill a hitter develops In Brady Anderson’s case power didn’t come for nine seasons Anderson played outfield for the Baltimore Orioles for most of the 1990s With his trademark sideburns and hustle Anderson was a favorite of Orioles fans throughout the decade But Anderson falls into a special class of athletes for whom when you hear their name you think of one amazing achievement It could be a single game a tournament or even a season But for that one moment in the sun these athletes could do no wrong Anderson was more than a one-hit wonder You might argue that he could be better known as a 50-hit wonder That’s because he hit a jaw-dropping 50 home runs in 1996 Brady Anderson watches one of his 50 home runs in 1996
