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Cubs: Remembering Javier Báez’s historic four-homer game

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Before he joined the Cubs, Javier Baez stole the show in the Florida State League.

Baseball can be funny regarding records and oddities. It seems no other sport places more emphasis on numbers than baseball, and in doing so, has fostered an enjoyment to finding the next great stat or history-making achievement.

The Chicago Cubs had the ninth overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft. At that pick, they selected a stocky teenager from Florida who would grow into a prolific face not only for the organization but for baseball as a whole.