Rookie catchers set to make their marks

The law of supply and demand operates as efficiently in baseballas it does in other fields of economic activity.

In 1986, the demand peaked for young outfielders and anexceptional supply of gifted rookies met the challenge. The farmsystems churned out the richest crop of outfielders in two decades.

Leading the harvest was Jose Canseco, who was the AmericanLeague Rookie of the Year after hitting 33 home runs and driving in117 runs while batting .240. Another dozen rookie outfieldersdistinguished themselves, most notably Pete Incaviglia, Ruben Sierra,Danny Tartabull, Cory Snyder, Kevin Mitchell, Barry Bonds, John Krukand John Cangelosi.

Not since 1964 had …