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 | It's hard to hit the ball as hard as Khris Davis hits it and remain utterly anonymous. It takes a whole series of factors. But Davis mashes baseballs year after year. Nobody really saw it coming.
More» Davis crushes his 32nd homer of the season |
 | Here we are all these years later, and a guy gets an error on a play that a Major League outfielder could not have made 94 percent of the time. Maybe we can rethink this thing.
More» Davis scores on error to extend O's lead |
 | Nothing in baseball -- nothing in sports -- makes your insides feel quite as hollow as watching a great player grow old before your very eyes. And yet, that's a huge part of the game.
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 | We are the 3,000-hit wind tunnel right now. On Aug. 4, 33 years ago, Rod Carew got his hit. On Aug. 6, 1999, Tony Gwynn got his 3,000th, and the next day Wade Boggs got his. Ichiro Suzuki knocked out No. 3,000 on Aug. 7, 2016. If you want to get 3,000 hits, this is the week to do it.
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 | Matt Carpenter was nobody's prospect. Nobody knew what position he could play. Nobody thought he had enough power to be a difference-maker in the lineup. Nobody got him. But Carpenter beat all those odds, became a three-time All-Star, became a National League MVP Award candidate, became the Cardinals' rock, a versatile line-drive machine who twice led the league in doubles and more than held his own at three infield positions.
More»Carpenter named National League Player of the Week |
 | We just witnessed the most extraordinary migration of talent from one league to the other in the history of baseball. A bunch of NL clubs who still have hope and belief raided despairing AL teams looking to the future. And it sets up some kind of finish in the National League.
More» Machado belts 1st home run with the Dodgers |
 | This fact might not surprise you -- considering that batting averages are down, strikeouts are up, defensive shifts are stealing hits and all of those other things baseball people talk about -- but here goes: There has not been a 20-game hitting streak all season. The longest hitting streak of 2018 has been Michael Brantley's 19-gamer from May 9-30.
More» Rose extends hit streak to 44 in 1978 |
 | The Hall of Fame never rests. Here we are, just hours after an emotional day when six players were inducted into the Hall of Fame, and already it's time to talk about what might happen next year. Well, maybe it isn't quite time to talk about it yet but, well, I can't resist.
More»Notable first-time eligible players on '19 HOF ballot |
 | Jim Thome might be the first player in baseball history whose Hall of Fame speech preparation says even more about him than the speech itself.
More»Thome thrilled to be inducted into Hall of Fame |
 | No one else had a journey quite like Trevor Hoffman's -- from position player to pitcher, from non-prospect to Expansion Draft pick, to the guy coming over in an unpopular trade to legendary closer. It is a story that simply could not have have happened in a different time.
More»Hoffman is inducted into the Hall of Fame |
 | Bob Costas was the first to arrive in Cooperstown. He came a week before accepting the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence. He walked along Main Street before the madness, before the celebration, before the parade.
More»Costas recalls his first trip to Cooperstown |
 | With six players being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. ET, with MLB.com carrying a live simulcast of MLB Network's coverage beginning at 11 a.m., you can follow the path of baseball over the last 40 or so years.
More»2018 Hall of Fame class share feelings on induction |
 | We'll pick a moment game for each player. We're going to cheat a little on this for Guerrero, because he deserves it, but one game for every player. Maybe it's his best game -- Jack Morris fans probably know where this is going -- and maybe it's just a cool game to remember.
More»Class of 2018 discuss being elected into Cooperstown |
 | Matt Carpenter is the one who provided the remarkable part. Carpenter led off for the Cardinals with a home run. In the second inning, he homered again. He led off the fourth by smashing a double, and later in the same inning, he doubled again.
More» Carpenter slugs 3 homers, 2 doubles |
 | The Cleveland Indians got the baseball steal of the century when they signed Jose Ramirez two years ago.
More» Ramirez belts his 29th homer of the season |
 | The problem with almost-trades, those would-be, baseball-altering deals that almost happen, is that you can never be sure how close they really came. Baseball circles are filled with idle trade talk.
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 | Baseball's perpetual conflict between offense and defense drives evolutions in the game.
More» Desmond drills 472-foot homer at 110.4 mph |
 | Zack Greinke has never had the most dominating stuff but his consistent excellence will eventually lead him to Cooperstown.
More»Zack Greinke on being selected for his 5th ASG |
 | Satchel Paige's debut was different, very different, from the other baseball pioneers of his time. Paige pitched in his first Major League game 70 years ago this week, and it was an event unlike anything before or since.
More»MLB Tonight remembers Satchel Paige |
 | Before we talk about Kyle Schwarber (and a little Bryce Harper), let's point out that in the old days, a defender built a reputation and kept it more or less forever.
More» Schwarber throws Lindor out at second |
