Source: nesn.com --- Monday, August 28, 2017
There’s no hotter hitter in Major League Baseball right now than Giancarlo Stanton, and the Miami Marlins slugger is suddenly positioned to do some damage in the record books. Stanton has launched home runs at a borderline historic pace for about a month now, reaching the latest milestone Sunday when he blasted his 50th home run of the season, capping a weekend series with the San Diego Padres in which he homered three times. He now has an absurd 17 home runs in his last 23 games, a casual 120-home run pace if kept up for an entire 162-game season, and has an outside chance of breaking Sammy Sosa’s record for most home runs in a month. Since Stanton reached the 50-mark before Sept. 1, it’s left some to wonder whether Barry Bonds’ single-season home run record of 73 might be in jeopardy — with the key word being “might.” Obviously, Stanton, even with 50 under his belt, would have some work to do in order to run down Bonds before the season ends. The Marlins have 33 games left to play entering Monday. Over his last 33 games, arguably the best stretch of his career, Stanton has hit “only” 20 home runs (a 99-home run pace). If he keeps up that pace, and that’s a monumental “if” even for the sport’s most legendary sluggers, Stanton still would fall three home runs short of tying Bonds. On Aug. 28, 2001, Bonds and the Giants had just 30 games left, and he ended up hitting 17 home runs over that final 30-game stretch. That means he had ...
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