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Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer leads active MLB pitchers with 3,020 career strikeouts over 14 seasons. The future Hall of Famer secured his legacy by winning the 2019 … Continue Reading Which MLB Players Have Had Multi-Homer Games Against Max Scherzer?
Earlier this month, future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer‘s deal for an MLB-record annual salary of $43.3 million to finish his illustrious MLB career with the New York Mets became … Continue Reading Which Father-Son Duo Has Multiple Career Homers Against Max Scherzer?
The 2021 World Series headed back to Houston on Tuesday night after the Astros extended the series with their Game 5 comeback against the Atlanta Baseball Team. Another Atlanta loss … Continue Reading World Series Game 6: Soler Power, Shutout Win World Series
World Series Game 5 opened with the Atlanta Baseball Team one game away from clinching a championship on their home field. If Houston managed to fend off elimination, the series … Continue Reading World Series Game 5: Astros Force Return to Houston
After Friday night’s shutout victory to gain a 2-1 advantage in the 2021 World Series, the Atlanta Baseball Team hosted the second of three games at Truist Park on Saturday … Continue Reading World Series Game 4: Atlanta Comes Back with Back-to-Back Jacks
Wednesday night’s victory gave the Atlanta MLB franchise another opportunity to close out a 3-1 National League Championship Series lead against the Los Angeles Dodgers after their failure in 2020. … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 7: Taylor Keeps Dodgers Alive
The Houston Astros met the Boston Red Sox for Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night. With the series tied at one game apiece, who would … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 4: Slammin’ Sox
Weekend League Championship series action continued on Saturday with Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, followed by Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. Kiké Hernández continued … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 2: Record Day for Red Sox, Atlanta Walkoff Victory
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