23 years after the record of “El Bambino del Caribe” the offensive explosions of Kyle Schwarber, Shohei Ohtani, Jesse Winker and Vladimir Guerrero Jr, suggest that we are close to living a historic month in the Major Leagues
June 30, 1998 could have passed like any other day but Samuel Kelvin Peralta Sosa, better known as Sammy Sosa, he had other plans on his agenda.
With his only hit of the day, Sosa hit Alan Embree of the Arizona Diamondbacks for his 20th homer of the month of June, his 33rd of the season, the home run that gave him the record for hits of this type in the month of June and in any calendar month in Major League Baseball history.
To get an idea of the offensive explosion that Sammy had, as of May 31, 1998, Mark McGwire he outscored his counterpart 27 home runs to 13, and until then we couldn’t talk about the historic career that defined an era of baseball between these two historic ones.
The mark for most home runs in a calendar month has stood for 23 years but some outstanding performances could indicate that someone could hit 21 home runs in a month, as records were set to be broken, some more than others.
In this first part of the 2021 season, much has been said about the home run race that has emerged, led mainly by Fernando Tatis Jr., Shohei ohtani, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Y Ronald Acuna.
Starting with the Japanese, he has 13 home runs during the month, including 9 in the last 11 games, and also with his historic season as a pitcher, he is emerging as one of the main candidates for MVP.
Sammy Sosa’s accomplishments in June 1998 were historic.
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Others who have joined the discussion are Kyle schwarber Y Jesse winker. The Washington Nationals player surprisingly just hit another mark, 12 home runs in 10 games, tying with Albert Belle of the Cleveland Indians who did it in 1995.
He also equaled nothing more and nothing less than Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa with 16 homers in a stretch of 18 games, giving evidence of his historic month of June.
With 16 home runs in the month of June, he falls short with only one day left to catch up with Sammy, taking into account that the first 8 games of the month he could not hit home.
Winker’s strength has been in multiple home run games although June may not have been his best month, but it has earned him enough to join the home run leaders and get the votes necessary to be among the finalists for the All-Star Game. .
While the Juniors (Tatis, Guerrero and Acuña) are still among the leaders in this category, it could be speculated that at some point in their young careers they could enter a historic streak in which they could pursue the brand of “El Bambino del Caribe” .
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