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After trading away the team’s top performers and World Series heroes, the Chicago Cubs limped through the month of August, losing 12 games between August 5 and August 16. They … Continue Reading Cubs Sweep Pirates in Record Fashion
Detroit Tigers great and future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera hit MLB career home run number 499 against the Baltimore Orioles on August 11. It would be eleven days until … Continue Reading Miguel Cabrera Hits Career HR #500, Tigers Beat Jays 5-3
Cincinnati Reds fans on social media are fond of cheering the slugging exploits of their veteran first baseman, Joey Votto, with the expression “Joey Votto still bangs.” Votto, in his … Continue Reading Joey Votto is Banging Home Runs at Career-High Rate
On Sunday night, Long Gone Summer, the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about the 1998 home run chase between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, aired on ESPN in the United … Continue Reading Long Gone Summer: Sloppy Filmmaking Detracts from Viewing Experience
Former Cubs first baseman Mark Grace was a mainstay for the Northsiders over 13 seasons, securing a place among the all-time franchise greats with a .303/.386/.445 slash line and four … Continue Reading On This Day in 1999: Mark Grace’s First Grand Slam
On September 23, 1998, Chicago Cubs OF Sammy Sosa, after surpassing Roger Maris’s single-season record of 61 bombs, clubbed his 64th and 65th home runs of the year during their … Continue Reading On This Day in 1998: Sosa Hits 64th and 65th Bombs
At the beginning of the year, most baseball fans would have predicted that MLB’s home run leaders would be players like Christian Yelich (fuck the Brewers), Mike Trout, Nolan Arenado … Continue Reading Suárez Ties Alonso in MLB Home Run Chase