Much like Harvard squash, George Steingrabber discovered that quiet and expected dominance doesn't always make big news.
A look at the parade of names on the back page of the New York Post and Daily News reveals it all:
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Mike Piazza, Robin Ventura, Ricky Henderson, Latrell Sprewell.
The tabloids grew tired of Derek and Mariano and only gazed towards the South Bronx when the Champs nearly lost Bernie.
No more, now the buzz is around one man only--The Rocket.
Piazza's first full season as a Met? Not important.
How about the mucking up of what is potentially Wayne Gretzky's last season? Fuhgedaboutit.
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