Best achievement: Bonds' 73 home runs It is, after all, the single-season record, and the fact that Bonds did it in what was then Pac Bell Park is even more astonishing, considering how difficult it ...

The primary job of a leadoff hitter is to get on base so his teammates can drive him in. Of course, the batter atop a lineup also simply can start things off by driving himself in, too. After all, the ...

The 2019 season reminds me of the great Mickey Mantle quote: "Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'" That should be the slogan for ...