Leading Off

Departments

10 Letters
13 Catching Up With...
88 The Life of Reilly

17 Scorecard

A CPA settles accounts in a unique sports memoir
What's up with Tiger?
Notre Dame's football lawsuit
The WNBA 's unlikeliest coach
How far do balls fly at Coors Field ?
SI View
Faces in the Crowd

Inside...

62 Soccer
64 Tennis
66 Baseball
74 The NBA
76 The NHL

Cover
ILLUSTRATION BY PHILIP BURKE

Baseball
30 All-Stars...So Far
What the first half of the season has lacked in pennant-race excitement it has made up for in individual brilliance. SI presents a gallery of three-month wonders
by Tom Verducci

42 Servin' Up Taters
As three All-Star sluggers chase Roger Maris 's hallowed record, SI took a hard look at the players who will crown the new home run king—the pitchers
by David Sabino

44 The Book on Maddux
With Greg Maddux on his way to an unprecedented fifth Cy Young Award, SI asked the few hitters who have fared well against the Braves' ace to share their secrets
by Tim Crothers