P.S.
I am 67 and have been collecting Juan since 1991. I saw him at a game in 1991 against the White Sox at old Cominski Park when I lived in the suburbs of Chicago.
The sox were playing him up the middle. Juan hit a line drive that the shortstop leaped for and it just went over the tip of his glove. All the way over the center field brick wall 420 feet from home plate. Like a golf shot. WOW, I was hooked! To this day it is the hardest hit ball I have ever seen. And I have been collecting his cards since. All these players these days in playoffs series hitting 4 and 5 homers in a 6 or 7 game series and the announcer's bragging about what a feet it was and bringing up Griffey JR hitting 5 homers in a 5 game play off series. Well how about Juan doing that in 4 games against The Yankees in 1996. He is still the best power hitter I have ever seen. He was born with a bad back and that is what caused all his leg issues. Just love the guy!
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