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Today in Baseball History:
- 1979 - Royals third baseman George Brett collects his 20th triple of the season in a 16-4 romp over the Angels. Brett becomes the sixth player ever, and the first since Willie Mays in 1957, to collect twenty doubles, twenty triples, and twenty home runs in the same season. He will finish with totals of 42, 20, and 23.
- 1984 - Reggie Jackson, at thirty-eight, became the thirteenth player in Major League history to record five-hundred home runs. No. 500 came off Kansas City pitcher Bud Black. His homer came exactly seventeen years after he got his first career hit.
Best of Twitter:
- But will he hit .247?
RECAP: Khrush tied his career-high for home runs (43) to almost give us an incredible comeback. Off tomorrow, then we'll see you in Oakland for the last regular season homestand! https://t.co/ECHVtA6UYh pic.twitter.com/kuf9eogXK8
— Oakland Athletics ⚾️ (@Athletics) September 16, 2018
- Still 30 games over .500...
Unfortunately the #Athletics come up 1 run short. #Rays win 5-4. Oakland falls to 90-60 with 12 games remaining.
— Ben Ross (@BenRossSports) September 16, 2018
- Who you got?
Betts has now missed almost as much time as Trout, making the AL MVP race hilarious again:
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) September 17, 2018
Betts, 129 G, 9.1 fWAR, 5.8 BsR
Trout, 129 G, 9.1 fWAR, 5.9 BsR
Trout has hitting adv (192 wRC+ to 177 wRC+). Betts has big edge in fielding numbers.
I know JDM, Breg, JRam, etc, have...