Eric Davis and his amazing year for the Cincinnati Reds

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Earlier this week David Schoenfield wrote about eight amazing Major League Baseball seasons that could happen only in the 1980’s at ESPN. The premise is incorrect, of course, as the seasons could happen in any era outside of the deadball era – but it was still a fun exercise. Of course, one of the seasons he looks at wasn’t even a season – it was just a 162-game span of time between the 1986 and 1987 seasons. Of course you already know that it was Eric Davis, because you clearly saw the headline of this article.

You may have heard of this stretch before – it’s not the first time someone has brought it up or talked about it – but let’s take a dive into it. From June 11th, 1986 through…