Sam Fuld :: Fearlessness Is His Only Option

Everyman outfielder Sam Fuld plays the game with a reckless-abandonment that fans love.

Photographs By Brian Finke

A story in the New Yorker about Sam Fuld – Tampa Bay Ray’s scrappy outfielder.Super Sam, written by Ben McGrath.

“Fuld attributes his kamikaze style of play to the teen-age realization that he was going to be “pretty limited physically,” and that fearlessness was his only option.”

Fuld’s style of play reminds me of a young Bill Buckner¹ before he mangled his ankle.

Bart Giamatti is doing cartwheels of joy in his grave.

+ Source: Super Sam :: By Ben McGrath :: New Yorker (Pay for access)