Erubiel Durazo, 1999: .407/.470/.720 in 134 PA for AAA Tucson “There is no longer any reason to Free Erubiel Durazo!” — Nate Silver, 2007 Michael Conforto, 2016: .422/.483/.727 in 144 PA for AAA Las Vegas ** The vanguard generation of internet sabermetricians were outsiders. That’s easy to forget now, in light of the world’s greatest […]
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The Unexplored History of Back-to-Back Home Runs
In the six-day period from April 18th to the 23rd, the Mets played five games, a pretty typical schedule. During those five games, they hit four pairs of back-to-back home runs, which struck me as extremely atypical. The SNY crew mentioned that it was the first time the Mets had ever accomplished this and although […]