Looking back at a head-spinning array of home runs

For about 90 minutes on Wednesday night, I fully grasped the essence of the 2019 season. With the league-wide single-season home run record ready to be broken early in the evening, several of us -- me, two editors, members of ESPN's Stats & Information group -- were tracking the countdown to 6,106 home runs. Whoever hit the 22nd home run of the night would set the mark.

The action began with Trent Grisham hitting a leadoff home run for the Brewers in Miami. Todd Frazier and Brandon Nimmo soon went back-to-back for the Mets. Mike Moustakas, back in the lineup for the Brewers, hit one out. Jeff McNeil hit one for the Mets. Then the pace really picked up. Did Rowdy Tellez hit his before Jorge…