Béisbol Duro y Pegao

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Most starts allowing 1 or 0 runs in a season, Yankees history:

2026 Cam Schlittler: 19
1978 Ron Guidry: 18
1964 Whitey Ford: 18
1904 Jack Chesbro: 18

[Béisbol Duro y Pegao @BeisbolDP]

🇵🇷 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐚 jugó 13 temporadas en la Liga Profesional de Puerto Rico.

🥇Líder de HR 1973-74 (14) RBI (46), SLG (.602), ganando el MVP.

🎱8 RBI en un juego 10/27/73

🥇Repitió como líder en HR en 1974-75 (14).

🔥Conectó 4 HR consecutivos

[Carlos Baerga Ortiz @Baerga99]

🔥Acaba de Hacer Historia el Dominicano Joshua Báez es dominicano-estadounidense 🇩🇴🇺🇸. Conectando 3 HR en sus Prineros 3 Turnos en las Grandes Ligas 🔥

Nació el 28 de junio de 2003 en Boston, Massachusetts, pero se mudó a República Dominicana cuando era bebé, donde se crió durante parte de su niñez. Regresó a Boston alrededor de los 11 años.

Es jardinero, batea y tira a la derecha, mide 6’3” y pesa 220 libras. Los Cardinals lo seleccionaron en la segunda ronda del Draft de 2021, pick #54.

Y tiene un poder impresionante: en 2026 ya llevaba 31 HR en Triple-A según MiLB. Además, el mes pasado tuvo un juego histórico de ¡4 jonrones! con Memphis🔥

[Béisbol Duro y Pegao @BeisbolDP]

El 21 de mayo de 1978, el estelar guardabosque de los Titanes de Florida, 𝐂á𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐨, conectó 3 HRs en el segundo juego de la Semifinal Seccional frente a Vega Baja. El futuro grandesligas pegó otro jonrón en el 4to juego.
@Candy_Baseball @titanesflorida

[Béisbol Duro y Pegao @BeisbolDP]

Miguel Vargas es el primer pelotero de los #whitesox en conectar HR en el Juego de Estrellas desde Magglio Ordóñez en el 2001.

@MaggliOrdonez30

[Béisbol Duro y Pegao @BeisbolDP]

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[MLB @MLB]

We are saddened by the passing of former Braves third baseman Bob Horner.

The first overall pick in the 1978 MLB Draft, Horner made the jump straight to the Majors without playing a single day in the Minors.

Just ten days after being drafted, Horner made his MLB debut and homered off future Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven. Horner went on to blast 23 home runs in just 89 games and won NL Rookie of the Year honors.

He went on to top the 30-homer mark three times in the next four years and was a National League All-Star in 1982, when he helped lead the Atlanta Braves to a division title.

Horner spent 9 of his 10 Major League seasons with the Braves. He made history on July 6, 1986 when he slugged a record-tying 4 home runs in one game. It was the only four-homer game of the 1980s.

Horner completed his college career at Arizona State with the most home runs in NCAA history, a mark since broken. He was named MVP of the 1977 College World Series and was the very first winner of the prestigious Golden Spikes Award in 1978.

He was 68 years old.

[Béisbol Duro y Pegao @BeisbolDP]

Ahí estuvimos en el 2010 ☀️

[MLB @MLB]

There is a baseball game in Alaska played at MIDNIGHT under SUNLIGHT 🤯

The Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks, Alaska is a 120-year-old tradition where baseball is played on the summer solstice, under Alaska’s 24-hour sunlight

Since 1960, the game has been hosted by the Alaska Goldpanners, a collegiate summerball team with alumni that includes Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Tom Seaver and many more

The game starts at 10 p.m. and usually ends around 1:00 a.m.

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Casey Schmitt now has HR this year as a 1B, 2B, 3B, LF & DH

The only other Giants player since at least 1900 to homer playing 5+ diff positions (excluding PH) in a season:

1953 Alvin Dark: SS (15), 2B (4), LF (2), RF (1), 3B (1)

h/t @EliasSports

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

This is Corbin Carroll’s 537th game

The only player in MLB history to reach 50+ triples and 80+ home runs in fewer career games is Lou Gehrig (461 games)

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

longest single-season on-base streaks at age 23 or younger since 1900:

1941 Ted Williams: 69 games
1943 Stan Musial: 55
1975 Greg Gross: 52
1937 Joe DiMaggio: 52
2001 Albert Pujols: 48
1984 Alvin Davis: 47
2026 Nick Kurtz: 46 *active
1941 Ted Williams: 44

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

The Dodgers bullpen has a 36-inning scoreless streak

That’s their longest bullpen scoreless innings streak since the mound was moved to its current distance (1893)

And the longest by any bullpen since 2017 CLE (38 2/3 IP)

h/t @EliasSports

[Ricardo Olivencia @ricardoolivenc1]

Bryan Torres: 12mo boricua con jonrón en su debut en MLB: Orlando Cepeda (1958) Coco Laboy (1969) Benny Ayala (1974) Carmelo Martínez (1983) Rubén Sierra (1986) H. Villanueva (1990) Eduardo Pérez (1993) Roberto Pérez (2014) Javy Báez (2014) Eddie Rosario (2015) Isan Díaz (2019)

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Giants with two grand slams in a calendar month:

Harrison Bader May 2026
Casey Schmitt June 2025
Buster Posey June 2015
Michael Tucker April 2005
Jeff Kent May 1997
Chris Speier May 1987
Willie McCovey Sep 1967
Alvin Dark May 1951
Sid Gordon June 1948
Travis Jackson Sep 1924
Duke Farrell July 1894

[Béisbol Duro y Pegao @BeisbolDP]

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[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

9+ runs in a game, ALL in one inning, White Sox history:

5/22/26: all 9 in T4
9/17/07: all 11 in T5
8/15/62: all 10 in T9
9/2/59: all 11 in B5

h/t @EliasSports

[Fernando Álvarez @FerAlvarez]

¿Qué ha cambiado en MLB con el ABS?

• Han aumentado las bases por bolas. El porcentaje de boletos subió a 9.4%, el más alto en más de 25 años.
• La zona de strike hoy luce más reducida y precisa. Apenas el 47.3% de los pitcheos están entrando en strike.
• Los bateadores están siendo mucho más selectivos y pacientes. El swing rate bajó a 46.9%.
• El framing de los catchers ha perdido su valor defensivo cayendo cerca de un 20%.
• La duración de los juegos ha aumentado entre 4 y 5 minutos.
Por ahora, el ABS ha generado un béisbol mucho más consistente, estratégico y medido desde el control de la zona de strike.

[Paula Wood @PaulaWoodDMV]

Studies say that Mitochondrial DNA, which is inherited from your mother, determines how efficiently the body transforms energy into speed, power and stamina. IJS 🤷🏽‍♀️

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Yankees teammates with 10+ home runs each in team’s first 29 games of a season:

2026 Aaron Judge, Ben Rice
1956 Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle

[Jorge Colón Delgado @JColonDelgado]

In this contribution to the SABR Latino Newsletter, this article revisits the legacy of Perucho Cepeda, a foundational figure whose brilliance not only dominated his era, but helped shape the very identity of Puerto Rican professional baseball.