That's Baseball....
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14Red
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And I'll kick it off with the amazing tale of Aristides Aquino, former Reds outfielder, now playing in Japan. Aquino was a reserve outfielder for the Reds beginning in 2018 and parts of 2019. In August of 2019, Aquino had a month to remember. He hit 9 home runs in his first 13 major league games and set a record for being the fastest to 9 career home runs in the history of major league baseball. For August, he hit .320, 14 home runs and 33 rbi, and was named the NL player of the month. He stumbled through the next 3 seasons and after being released by the Reds after the '22 season, didn't get any offers and is now in Japan. So how does a guy go from being a no-name, to player of the month, setting home run records, to a being a career .211 hitter, with 41 homers and 101 rbi in 244 MLB games....That's baseball.....
Not knocking your post at all, BUT "fastest to 9 career home runs in the history of major league baseball" gave me a chuckle, and a HUH?, and a WTF? all at once.
EagleGuy
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That is odd, however, not too unusual for a new guy to start off hot and then cool off as pitchers figure out his weaknessses. 41 homers and 101 RBIs equate to 27 dingers and 67 RBIs in a full 162 game season. Not bad. But about that .211 average - yikes! Come to think, these days that's not too "odd".
14Red
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Historically yes, but Aquino was not a big time prospect at all. He was a late season call up and just put into the lineup of a struggling Reds team and had a month that most major leaguers dream of.That is odd, however, not too unusual for a new guy to start off hot and then cool off as pitchers figure out his weaknessses. 41 homers and 101 RBIs equate to 27 dingers and 67 RBIs in a full 162 game season. Not bad. But about that .211 average - yikes! Come to think, these days that's not too "odd".
This is a great story and one of the reasons Mario Soto is my fav Reds players. I was 16 yrs old.
In last week’s Ask Hal column, Banker Bill of Villa Hills, Ky., asked me about a game pitcher Mario Soto entered in the first inning and pitched a perfect game the rest of the way.
I SAID, AFTER SOME RESEARCH, that I couldn’t find it and told B.B. he owed me 30 minutes of my lif
Well, several readers responded that they remembered that game and some said they were there. The best evidence came from John Rammel, who was at the game on May 5, 1980 and he included a box score.
It wasn’t a perfect performance. Bruce Berenyi started the game, the first of a twi-night doubleheader, and gave up six runs in the first inning. Soto entered the game with two outs. He was 0-and-3 at the time, but pitched 8 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up three hits, walking one and striking out five. And the Reds came from 6-0 down to win, 8-6.
In last week’s Ask Hal column, Banker Bill of Villa Hills, Ky., asked me about a game pitcher Mario Soto entered in the first inning and pitched a perfect game the rest of the way.
I SAID, AFTER SOME RESEARCH, that I couldn’t find it and told B.B. he owed me 30 minutes of my lif
Well, several readers responded that they remembered that game and some said they were there. The best evidence came from John Rammel, who was at the game on May 5, 1980 and he included a box score.
It wasn’t a perfect performance. Bruce Berenyi started the game, the first of a twi-night doubleheader, and gave up six runs in the first inning. Soto entered the game with two outs. He was 0-and-3 at the time, but pitched 8 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up three hits, walking one and striking out five. And the Reds came from 6-0 down to win, 8-6.