did you know?

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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.

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he once said that as a gm he won't have liked himself too much as a player.

his father was a major leaguer with the phillies and other teams.

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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.

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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.

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dyk that 6 out of the top 10 highest totals for putouts in a single season by an outfielder were done by richie ashburn..... number 11 on list is andruw jones..

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now you know.

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cecil fielder and prince fielder were the only father son duo to each hit 50 homers in a season,,,,, now that prince was forced to retire due to neck injuries both father and son finished with the same amount of homers 319. total.

[Grape Ape]

I actually did know about the HR totals, but forgot about the 50+

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this is the guy who bill cosby based fat albert after......they were teammates on the same high school football team.

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la rams nfler dick bass had an illegitimate child who grew up to be monster.

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adrian beltre became the 21 st player to get to 5000 total bases... only 3 players have made it to 6000 , hank aaron tops the list with 6856 total bases..compare to 27 guys with 3000 hits and 27 guys in the 500 home run club.   hofer

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finally phillies fans have hope again rhys hoskins setting multiple hr records to start a career quickest to 10 hrs quickest to 11.... and he also  started a triple play in the field.

[martino]

Craig Biggio (1965– ) of the Houston Astros holds the record for a player most often hit by a pitch.






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Craig Biggio (1965– ) of the Houston Astros holds the record for a player most often hit by a pitch.

   yup i knew 285 in a 20 year career. most since 1900..... and ron hunt had the most  in 1 season 50....

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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.

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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.

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DYK that didi gregorius is the first yankee ss to hit 20 home runs in two consecutive years. derk jeter never did this despite hitting 260 homers in his career.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

               he hit number 37 now the royals single season all time hr leader.

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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.

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               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.

            update judge hits 2 more in early monday game rookie  record is now his at 50 and counting.

[Grape Ape]

He's legit MVP now.

Altuve may still get it because of position, but it's going to be difficult to deny Judge.

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He's legit MVP now.

Altuve may still get it because of position, but it's going to be difficult to deny Judge.

               i won't argue if either of the two gets the award.