Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez is putting together a historic campaign, establishing himself as the American League MVP favorite while taking aim at baseball’s rarest individual hitting achievement: the Batting Triple Crown. Category Yordan Alvarez AL Rank Batting Average .325 1st Home Runs 35 1st RBIs 80 1st OPS 1.069 1st The Rarity of … Read more
For years, the debate surrounding Shohei Ohtani was whether a human being could sustain elite two-way play. After two World Series titles and four MVP awards, that question has been answered with a resounding “yes.” But in 2026, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar has set his sights on the one major trophy missing from his … Read more
Hello and welcome to Issue 051 of Clearing The Bases, an email newsletter in conjunction with the My Baseball History podcast hosted by Dan Wallach. The LATEST EPISODE of the podcast with St. Louis Cardinals historian Ed Wheatley went live on Wednesday, November 12, so if you haven’t had a chance to listen to that … Read more
On September 20, 2025, Cal Raleigh launched his 57th home run of the season in a game against the Houston Astros — a solo shot in the third inning that didn’t just help the Mariners win; it rewrote their record books. Reuters+1 What Record Was Broken With No. 57, Raleigh surpassed Ken Griffey Jr., who … Read more
Hello and welcome to Issue 021 of Clearing The Bases, an email newsletter in conjunction with the My Baseball History podcast hosted by Dan Wallach. As I briefly mentioned in the last issue of the newsletter, I was recently in Minneapolis for the 52nd convention held by the Society for American Baseball Research. I helped a friend … Read more