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Ryan Arnold also delivered a dinger in the championship contest.
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Heck, their batboy slugged 48 dingers two years ago with the Goodlettsville, Tenn., Little League team.
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Anderson's two dingers were part of a six-homer game for the White Sox in a 14-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
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SS Orlando Arcia, Milwaukee Brewers A 23-year-old shortstop who hit 15 dingers and stole 14 bases in his first full year?
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Of course, pulling these pieces off isn't as easy as packing a dinger and growing a Goose Gossage mustache.
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In the most home run-happy season the game has ever seen, the Red Sox ranked dead last in the American League in dingers with only 168—nearly 80 behind the Yankees, who led the majors.
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Home run leaders: Babe Ruth (top photo) smacked 11 dingers while Philadelphia’s Gavvy Cravath pounded out eight.
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The round-tripper gave Miami a 1-0 lead and put Stanton even further ahead of second-place Khris Davis of the Athletics and the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge, both of whom have hit 39 dingers.
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