Newberg Report · Apr 24, 2016
A moment that took me back 22 years.
Around here the 1994 season is remembered for a few things.
A new Ballpark, and color scheme.
Kenny’s perfect game.
And a first-place finish in the West (never mind that Texas was 10 games under .500) that produced a footnote rather than a franchise-first playoff berth, as the season effectively ended on August 12, when the Players Association went out on strike.
This isn’t about any of those things, at least not squarely. Ultimately, it’s about a baseball player whose mother, on August 12, 1994, probably didn’t yet know she was expecting.
But more about him in a bit.
This isn’t about Gary Redus, either, but that’s where this story begins.