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How Does Nolan Arenado’s 27-Game Hitting Streak Stack Up?

Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies notched three base hits against the Texas Rangers Wednesday night, marking the 27th consecutive game in which he rapped out at least one hit. The 27-game hitting streak is now tied for Major League Baseball’s 71st-longest since 1914, the first year Retrosheet’s game log data is available. Arenado is now the proud […]

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How Does Nolan Arenado’s 27-Game Hitting Streak Stack Up?

Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies notched three base hits against the Texas Rangers Wednesday night, marking the 27th consecutive game in which he rapped out at least one hit. The 27-game hitting streak is now tied for Major League Baseball’s 71st-longest since 1914, the first year Retrosheet’s game log data is available. Arenado is now the proud […]

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Has the AL East Just Been Unlucky?

The weakest division of the American League so far this season is the one that has been the most dominant in recent years: the AL East — featuring the Yankees and Red Sox, the two winningest AL teams since the league expanded to three divisions in 1995. Baltimore is leading the division with a puny 16-14 record, […]

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Has the AL East Just Been Unlucky?

The weakest division of the American League so far this season is the one that has been the most dominant in recent years: the AL East — featuring the Yankees and Red Sox, the two winningest AL teams since the league expanded to three divisions in 1995. Baltimore is leading the division with a puny 16-14 record, […]

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The Baseball Video Game Championship Belt

Sony’s critically beloved “MLB: The Show” series makes the leap to the PlayStation 4 Tuesday, a new platform for a franchise that has been, by any standard, the undisputed champion of console baseball gaming for nearly a decade. Granted, that distinction comes by default this year, after 2K Sports announced the discontinuation of its MLB […]

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