Around The Bases Vol XI: Mid Season Awards

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What a first half it’s been. We’ve had two of the game’s biggest names show up in the news for Performance Enhancing Drugs, (Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez), we’ve had one of the game’s greatest lefties of all time notch his 300th win, and we’ve seen one of the greatest closers in history notch his 500th save. We saw 2 runners steal home within 2 weeks of each other, and we saw a player go back to his roots and get a very touching, long standing ovation by the home crowd.

We’ve seen two brand new parks open, both by New York teams, by the way, and with that, we’ve seen more home runs ever hit in a ballpark over a 20, 25, or even 30 game period. And until they figure out exactly why the balls fly out of the new Yankee Stadium like the wind tunnel in right field was actually designed for that to happen (yeah, that’s what they say, and that’s great for the Yankees, but did the designers forget that the visitors get to bat too?), we’re likely to see even more records like this broken.

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