In the third game of World Series, Yulieski Gurriel hit a second inning home run off of Dodger’s starting pitcher Yu Darvish. It was not the home run that was the most talked about after the game, was what Gurriel did after he rounded the bases and returned to the dugout.
April is a month of many different occasions – midterms, Earth Day and Tax Day are some important ones to remember – but for baseball fans, it is finally the beginning of the new season.
For the better part of the 1997 Major League Baseball season, the hype has been focused on two players who could finish with a .400 batting average and two players to challenge Roger Maris' single season home run record of 61. Of the two home run sluggers, Mark McGwire and Ken Griffey, Jr., only Junior has a chance of winning the Most Valuable Player award in the American League, since McGwire was traded to the National League.