A brief history of the Mets and their individual pinnacles of run production … On August 1, 1962, left fielder Frank Thomas did a lot of lifting to try and push his club away from yet another loss: a two-homer, six-RBI line to establish a new high mark in RBI […]
On April 20, 1992, Giants starter Dave Burba threw a 2-1 pitch to his first adversary of the contest. The offer was gladly received and instantly returned by that opponent in the form of a, as described within the Baseball Reference play-by-play account, “Fly Ball to Deep LF Line”: Craig […]
From 1973 through 1981, Richie Hebner participated in eight Opening Days. “Participated,” while accurate, fails to match the power of the corner infielder’s impact in those contests. He went 18-for-33 (.545), scored 13 runs and whammed his way to making a baker’s dozen of those safeties go for extra bases […]