Dime Drop with Matt Kemp

by Ben Osborne Getting at least one baseball and football player per season that played basketball growing up and/or follows the game closely today into our monthly Dime Drop column is, by design, a goal of our magazine…the fact that this season’s interviewees play for my favorite teams is a lucky coincidence. As those of you who have read through our new issue should have noticed, this month’s Dime Drop interview is with Matt Kemp, center fielder of my favorite MLB team, the Los Angeles Dodgers (and, as you basketball-only folks out there might not know, a future star to boot. Matt, who plays an athletic, exciting brand of baseball with power, speed and defense, almost got that “fans’” 30th All-Star slot this season—by next season he’ll be an obvious choice.) Much like when I got at Giants’ TE Kevin Boss for issue 125, I came about this story legitimately (as in, it’s not like I scouted the Dodgers’ roster to find a basket...