The 2019 season reminds me of the great Mickey Mantle quote: "Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'"
That should be the slogan for this entire season, with the juiced balls flying out of parks in stunning numbers: Sure, every time. Every day it seems some record is set. Just this past weekend, Pete Alonso set the National League rookie record for home runs. Before the weekend, there had been just three games in MLB history during which teams combined for at least 12 home runs (one earlier this season). It happened twice in three days. On Monday, the Nationals became just the second team in 20 years to score at least 13…
