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The Great Home Run Chase Of 2021

Among the many welcome returns of MLB playing a full 162-game schedule in 2021, baseball fans have been treated to a particularly interesting home run leaderboard chase this season. First of all, a pitcher — yes, we cannot state this enough, a pitcher — has led the major leagues in homers for most of the […]

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The Best, Worst And Weirdest Stats Of The 2021 MLB Season

The 2021 MLB regular season is nearly down to its final month, and we’ve already seen some pretty incredible achievements so far. Although this season’s normal, 162-game schedule naturally helps to even out aberrant numbers more than last year’s shortened, 60-game slate did, there’s still been no shortage of eye-popping stats. Here’s a rundown of […]

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The Good-Player, Bad-Team MLB All-Stars

Major League Baseball’s long-standing policy requiring the All-Star rosters to include a representative from every team has helped to produce some pretty questionable selections over the years. Because let’s be honest: Some teams just don’t have any All-Star-worthy players on the payroll some seasons. But this year, that’s less of an issue than usual. According […]

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Long Before Shohei Ohtani, There Was Bullet Rogan

With a pair of home runs against the New York Yankees in the Bronx on Tuesday night, Shohei Ohtani continued what has been nothing less than a remarkable 2021 season. Ohtani’s homers — Nos. 27 and 28 on the year — vaulted him into the MLB lead ahead of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and gave him […]

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