Get Used To It: With Record Number Of Homers, Mlb Is In Midst Of A Fundamental Shift

Dave Sheinin, Denver Post: Sports
Wed, 09/20/2017 - 11:22am

When Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon clobbered a hanging slider from Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Ryan Tepera over the wall in the eighth inning Tuesday night, Major League Baseball had itself a new single-season record for home runs in a season — surpassing the 5,693 hit in 2000, at the height of the so-called steroids era.

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Get Used To It: With Record Number Of Homers, Mlb Is In Midst Of A Fundamental Shift

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