Author Archives: Johnny Lumsden

Fun Fact of the Day: As of right now the Royals have players leading in all-star votes at C, 1B, 3B, SS, LF, and RF. It may be due to their cinderella story in 2014, but despite most of them being deserving of the starting role at the Great American Ballpark in July this year, the voting seems to be pretty bias. There have been two times in history where a team has had at least 6 players named starters in the mid-summer classic. The first was in 1939 in which the Yankees had Red Rolfe (3B), Joe DiMaggio (OF), Continue reading All-Stars from One Team→

Fun Fact of the Day: On Tuesday June 2, 2015, Albert Pujols hit his 534th career home run, tying Jimmie Foxx for 17th on the all-time list. But, the strange thing is, that he did it in the same exact number of at bats as Double X did. Both were the best power hitters of their era, while in their prime, and are both down in history as some of the best sluggers the game has ever seen. They both had similar numbers during their prime, .315+ batting average, 30+ homers, 30+ doubles, and .500+ slugging percentage, but who would Continue reading 534 Homers in 8136 At Bats→