Year 2006 was an year of rising stealthily. The season’s individual giants all came out from a rear curtain of relative mystery, attaining the peaks from an earthy start. It was an year that definitely reiterated baseball’s standing as a democratic game. If you play it sound and firm, you draw the attention.
Joe Mauer started the season with 166 games of big-league experience and triumphed with American League batting title. His Minnesota colleague, Justin Morneau, swayed as the MVP after almost toning the collective power numbers of his first three seasons.
Now let’s take a glance of five who fit the pattern, having secretly but surely perfected their game to toe the doorstep of glory.
Rich Harden from Athletics, J.D. Drew and Aaron Harang from Red Sox, Erik Bedard from OriolesOrioles and Casey Kotchman from Angels Angels. These are the five names which may hit the stardom this season.
Drew is in the perfect town and in the perfect array to shatter through notoriety to the other side of that coin which is called Recognition.
Rich Harden
Rich Harden- I will sum up his whole personality in few words - A valuable descendant to the streak of Oakland aces.