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Most home runs by a player in one World Series: Five x-Chase Utley, PHILLIES, 2009 Reggie Jackson, New York Yankees, 1977 Four Babe Ruth, N.Y. Yankees, 1926 Lou Gehrig, N.Y. Yankees, 1928 Duke Snider, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1952 Duke Snider, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1955 Hank Bauer, N.Y. Yankees, 1958 Gene Tenace, Oakland Athletics, 1972 Barry Bonds, San ...
Utley Is Chasing History With His Homers
Sean Forman is the creator of Baseball-Reference.com , an on-line baseball encyclopedia containing statistics for every player and team in major league history, and box scores, splits and gamelogs back to 1954.
Notice how it ended the way it began, the World Series' first decade of the 21st century? The New York Yankees with a championship, now looking for the next.
World Series home runs don't equal rings
A prodigious power show doesn't always equate to World Series victory. A look at the top home run performances since Reggie Jackson raised the bar in 1977, and whether they resulted in a winning effort: Player Year, team Power display Outcome Reggie Jackson 1977 Yankees Five HR, including three in Game 6 Yankees defeat Dodgers in six games Willie ...
Alex Rodriguez, right, celebrates with
Sort of an easy one, no? He makes his World Series debut with 583 career homers.
Bob Verdi: Forgive, baseball says of Mark McGwire
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa giving first baseman, Mark McGwire a hug after the Cardinals defeated the Cubs 2-1 at Busch Stadium.
USDA Reports Giant Leap for Baseball Bats
Scientists at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service report the development of a successful method for storing frozen budwood from ash trees and thawing the delicate buds for later use in propagation.
Dodgers and divorce don't mix, observers say
The last couple of weeks have been downright brutal for Dodger fans. Not only did the team get booted for the second consecutive year by the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League championship series, but now fans are learning about the front-office infighting during the season between owner Frank McCourt and his wife and former Dodger chief ...
Damon hopes he's regained power stroke
25 seemed inevitable for Johnny Damon . On Aug. 30 against the White Sox at Yankee Stadium, he hit his 24th home run, tying his single-season high set in 2006.
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Like any other tourists, the Angels will be in the city this weekend to see a show.
Lackey tries to keep Angels alive in ALCS
Which of these players had the best postseason performance of all time? Alex Rodriguez, 2009: .407 avg, 5 HRs, 11 RBI* David Ortiz, 2004: LCS-record 11 RBI , 3 HRs Carlos Beltran, 2004: 8 HRs, 14 RBI, .434 avg, record 21 runs Barry Bonds, 2002: .356 avg, record 8 HRs , 16 RBI, 27 walks Derek Jeter, 2000: .409 with two homers vs.
Selig continues to sit on the fence
Will he or won't he? Baseball commissioner Bud Selig apparently is still dithering.
"Things get magnified" is a popular phrase at this time of year in "the baseball bidness," as Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel likes to say.
A-Rod in right state of mind this October
With runners on first and second in the 12th inning early Sunday, the "A-Rod!" chants started swelling at Yankee Stadium.
When Barry Bonds blasts home run 756 sometime in the coming days or weeks, will it be with an SSK bat or the Ottawa-born and bred Sam Bat, the one that helped him set a major-league single-season record of 73 homers in 2001? It's true.
SF Giants Extend Contracts of Sabean, Bochy
Let's evaluate each of these employees. Brian Sabean The extension of Sabean is going to be the biggest gamble.
Brian Sabean was named general manager after the Giants' last-place finish in 1996.
San Francisco Giants Roundtable: Contract Extensions for Management
Sadly, the San Francisco Giants' 2009 season is already growing cold. It was a fantastic ride - better than most people expected - but it's time to close the books on another 162-game campaign.
Quayle replies, 'at least I know how to spell potatoe'... 1989 ] Bakker fried : A jury in Charlotte convicts former PTL evangelist Jim Bakker of using his TV show to defraud followers... 2001 ] Deadly dose of anthrax : Robert Stevens of Boca Raton becomes the first victim of the 2001 anthrax attacks... 2001 ] Record breaker : Barry Bonds of the ...
Record breaker Bonds to leave Giants
Home run record holder Barry Bonds, the biggest name in baseball, will leave the San Francisco Giants at the end of this season, the player and team said on Friday.
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