21-year old Ronald Acuña stole 2nd base off Seth Lugo/Wilson Ramos in the 8th inning of a 14-inning victory in Queens, becoming the second youngest ever to reach the 30-30 milestone (Mike Trout was 20 when he went 30/49).
Earlier in the season, Acuña hit his 30th bomb with a Louisville Slugger C416 maple bat.
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Miguel Cabrera is on his way to 500 and isn't going to let a little sudden blizzard stop him. The Venezuelan legend hit an opposite field homer on Opening Day 2021 while snow poured out of the Detroit sky. He did it with the help of Franklin Sports' cold weather offering, the Franklin All-Weather Pro batting glove... Read more
Honestly I haven't popped up in my chair for much this year. 2020 has been a little slow, to say the least. The fastball on Deivi Garcia, however, got me feelin' all kinds of things. A little shock and awe. A little nostalgia about Johnny Cueto, Pedro, maybe a sprinkle of Lincecum... dominant things of that na... Read more
Jose Altuve stepped up with two outs in the bottom of the 9th of Game 6 of the 2019 ALCS, after the game's most feared closer, Aroldis Chapman walked George Springer on five pitches. Chapman had lost his fastball command in Springer's at bat, and it carried into Altuve's at-bat, as two fastballs sailed high and awa... Read more
Jose Altuve summoned the ghosts of 2017 for Game 3 at Yankee Stadium, and they answered the call. Altuve laced up the same New Balance 3000v2 cleats that he wore in the Astros clinching Game 7 of the 2017 World Series. He connected with his Victus JA27 Maple.
Pete Alonso hit another historic home run with the Dove Tail PA20 "Haley's Comet" Axe bat, the same bat with which he won the HR Derby. The bat is named after Pete's fiancée, Haley Walsh. With the gargantuan blast off Atlanta's Max Fried, the rookie Alonso tied Carlos Beltran and Todd Hundley's Mets record for H... Read more
Bo Bichette has been in the Big Leagues for less than 2 weeks and has already set several records. Perhaps the most impressive, Bichette stands alone in MLB history, having doubled in his 9th consecutive game. Bichette set the record by clubbing a 97 MPH high cheese offering from Chad Green of the Yankees, sending... Read more
Didi Gregorius went 8 for 10 with 10 RBI in the final two games of one of the most exciting regular season series in recent memory, Yankees @ Twins. Didi swung his standard, a Louisville Slugger M110 Maple bat, and starred as the Yanks clawed back from an early 8-2 deficit to defeat the Twins 14-12 in 10 innings. ... Read more
Cody Bellinger yanked the HR lead back from Christian Yelich with two towering home runs (#32 and #33) versus the Phillies. Bellinger hit the first off a Zach Eflin breaking ball that stayed up, and another no-doubter off of Edubray Ramos, on a very similar pitch. Bellinger swung his favorite model, the Louisville... Read more
