Robert Dominguez
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THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL May 13: Tony Perez is oldest player to hit a grand slam
By Robert Dominguez A decade after The Big Red Machine steamrolled the National League, one of its vital cogs was…
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THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL May 12: Unsung star Alfonso Soriano ties interleague record
By Robert Dominguez It’s easy to overlook just how good a hitter Alfonso Soriano was over a 16-year career in…
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THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL May 11: Rafael Palmeiro joins 500 HR Club
By Robert Dominguez In a perfect baseball world, Rafael Palmeiro, the Havana-born slugger with a sweet lefty stroke, would have…
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THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL May 10: Felix Hernandez is 4th-youngest pitcher to reach 2,000 Ks
By Robert Dominguez He was king of the hill for over a decade. But Felix Hernandez’s long reign as one…
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THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL May 9: Esteban Bellan, first Latino in U.S. major leagues, makes debut in 1871
By Robert Dominguez He was a good-field, weak-hitting third basemen whose lack of power was glaring even for the pre-Dead…
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THIS DAY IN BÉISBOL May 8: Cards deal for Orlando Cepeda in Giant shocker
By Robert Dominguez Baseball history is riddled with several head-scratching trades of all-stars for also-rans, deals that even decades later…
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