Giancarlo Stanton just inked a deal with the Marlins that’s just about as unfathomable as his power. Which got me to thinking of another player who was cut from Stanton’s cloth — big, powerful, athletic — Mark Whiten.
In the second game of a doubleheader on September 7, 1993, Whiten put on a display of his raw ability when he equaled two major league records in a single contest when be blasted four home runs and drove in 12 to help the Cardinals trounce the Reds.
Going into the game, Whiten had 18 homers and 75 RBI, but none of the 22,606 at Riverfront Stadium will ever forget what Whiten could have been.
In the first inning, Whiten laced a ...