A Splash of Historical past: Wanting Again on 20-Plus Years of McCovey Cove Homers
John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports
LaMonte Wade Jr. is having an exquisite season. As Michael Baumann wrote a number of weeks in the past, the step ahead he’s taken in his swing choices have fueled a profession excessive 156 wRC+ and .429 OBP, each important enhancements from his 2021 breakout marketing campaign. And whereas a lot of his growth is the results of him decreasing his swing charge, he’s nonetheless doing extra injury on contact than his earlier self. Last Friday, the person nicknamed “Late Night LaMonte” (as a result of his .975 profession OPS in excessive leverage conditions) inserted himself into the file books early within the night, sending Dean Kremer’s first pitch of the sport deep to proper discipline for the a centesimal splash hit in Oracle Park historical past:
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