(This column was originally published on June 21, 1985)
WILL CLARK AND Chris Mullin got a look at the Bay Area Thursday. They showed up with fresh faces and three-piece suits.They showed up with accents you could cut with an unused playoff ticket. They showed up with an adolescent naiveté, and wide eyes which in 21 short years have been virtually blind to disappointment.
Won’t they be surprised to see the wide eyes of Bay Area sports fans, glazed with frustration, staring back at them?
For Clark, the hard-hitting first baseman from Mississippi State whose signing the Giants announced Thursday at Candlestick Park, the effect will be somewhat muted.