ruben amaro jr is now the red sox first base coach after being a gm for the phillies,
he once said that as a gm he won't have liked himself too much as a player.
dyk that on this day 11-21 in the same town donora pa , two baseball legends were born years apart , ken griffey jr and stan musial now you know. soon to be two hofers.
Craig Biggio (1965– ) of the Houston Astros holds the record for a player most often hit by a pitch.
DYK that mike moustakas has tied the single season kansas city royals team record for home runs with 36 that steve balboni ser in 1985.. he has nearly a whole month to up the record.
rhys hoskins on a historic rookie pace fastest to 17 home runs to start a career= right now 33 games and 116 at bats...closest ever in 33 games was 12. hrs. it took wally berger see above 42 games to get to 17 at the start of his career.
DYK that mike moustakas has tied the single season kansas city royals team record for home runs with 36 that steve balboni set in 1985.. he has nearly a whole month to up the record.
dyk aaron judge is only the second rookie to hit 40 homers or more his rookie year the only other is mark mcgwire who hit 49... the nl record is still 38 by wally berger and frank robinson
nl recod now belongs to cody bellinger with 39... judge now has 48 hrs one more to tie mark mcgwire all time single season rookie record.
He's legit MVP now.Altuve may still get it because of position, but it's going to be difficult to deny Judge.