The most recent issue of The Sporting News features the magazine staffers' picks for the 2008 MLB Breakout players... and both Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz are featured- posing back-to-back and gripping baseballs like nobody's business.
See, Lester's totally got the menacing look down. Just the right narrowing of the eyes there. Clay just can't look scary, no matter what he does (even the added facial hair right there isn't helping - he still looks twelve).
But I love how they otherwise have the mirror image thing going - same basic grip and pose and whatnot. That looks great.
Clay is PLENTY intimidating. It just doesn't show on his face-- see, its the ball he's throwing-- you can't tell in the picture, but it's going to be his LOW CHANGEUP. That is scary enough.
He is awesome.
And scary, in his own, not very physically imposing way.
on April 15, 2008 5:00 PM
See, Lester's totally got the menacing look down. Just the right narrowing of the eyes there. Clay just can't look scary, no matter what he does (even the added facial hair right there isn't helping - he still looks twelve).
But I love how they otherwise have the mirror image thing going - same basic grip and pose and whatnot. That looks great.