Michael Busch Did It Again – Another Lead-Off Homer Bleacher Nation Cubs hang 4 in 1st, then sweat out must-win Game 3 to extend NLDS MLB.com Are Cubs tough enough to topple Brewers two more times? ‘It’s them vs. us,’ one Cub says Chicago Sun-Times Michael Busch makes MLB history and keeps the Cubs alive with NLDS Game 3 win vs. Brewers CBS Sports …
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Athletics C Shea Langeliers posts historic 3-HR game in first career appearance as leadoff hitter
Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers made his first career appearance as a leadoff hitter Tuesday, a change A’s manager Mark Kotsay said he hoped would get the team off to “a quick start, hopefully.” Mission accomplished. Advertisement Facing the Washington Nationals, Langeliers made all kinds of MLB history with a 5-for-6, three-homer performance in a 16-7 blowout win. It might have …
Read More »What Red Sox’ Romy Gonzalez was ‘telling all the boys’ before leadoff homer
BOSTON — Red Sox lefty masher Romy Gonzalez hit a first-pitch leadoff home run Saturday that initially looked like a double high off the Green Monster. Gonzalez pulled up at second base and began doing Boston’s new plane/turbulence celebration. “I was kind of upset,” Gonzalez admitted. “I was telling all the boys that I was hitting a home run first …
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