On August 22, 2021, Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers became the 28th player in MLB history to record 500 career home runs. Twenty-eight - out of tens of thousands to have played in the MLB. And when the season began, he had an historic opportunity to also reach the career milestone of 3,000 hits…it was a big task, …

The Top 10 Strikeout Leaders The April 2021 MLB Season is in the rearview, and the league leaders in strikeouts are as follows1: Bieber, Shane (68) Cole, Gerrit (62) deGrom, Jacob (59) Glasnow, Tyler (56) Bauer, Trevor (51) Darvish, Yu (49) Burnes, Corbin (49) Peralta, Freddy (45) Wheeler, Zack (41) …

The Night is Young The very young 2021 MLB season has barely made it into its first full week, but there are a few preliminary numbers that can be early indicators of where trends may be headed. In recent years, I’ve begun to examine the first few weeks of each season to see in there is any insight into full season …

History Making History Only these six players in MLB history have ever reached the career milestone of at least 3,000 hits AND 500 home runs…only six. It is one of the rarest achievements in all of professional sports. Last First sum(H) sum(HR) Aaron Hank 3771 755 Mays Willie 3283 660 Murray …

A Game of Arc-Seconds The Dodgers have lost the first two games of the NLCS to the Braves. Two games that would have been, if not for playing in a “bubble”, played in Los Angeles at their home field. This isn’t exactly rare; home field winning percentage tends to be, like winning percentage in general in baseball, …

Respite from a Chaotic World As phenomenally strange and difficult as 2020 has been, I’ve found a little slice of solace from somewhere I actually expected the opposite. Being a bit of a traditionalist, I thought I would get a sour taste from the changes made to the rules this MLB season. I was wrong. Strange things …