Last year, he hit 58 home runs in his first full season in the majors. He’s modest, polite and widely considered to be steroid-free.

Uh, yeah. He probably is. But Michael Sokolove’s piece is luckily chock full of other things Ryan, and to our knowledge, the longest thing ever written about the dude, so there’s lots to dig in to here. There’s also a scientific breakdown of Howard’s swing that, if you pay close enough attention, will show you how to eat 5 brick-size slabs of scrapple a day and still be able to rock those big league homers.
NYT/Play: Are You Gonna Finish That?
Previously: 10 Reasons To Get Psyched About The Phillies TODAY

This entry was posted on Monday, March 5th, 2007 at 11:15 am.