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Athletics make a three-for-one move on a homer-happy day

One for you and one for you and one for you.

What was distinct about the home runs hit by Matt Olson, Jaycob Brugman and Franklin Barreto for the Oakland Athletics is that each was the first of their major league careers.

They became the second trio of teammates in major league history to do that, and the other instance took place more than 100 years ago.

Elias Sports Bureau research shows that the Kansas City Packers of what was known as the Federal League (a league that competed with the current major league baseball) had three players -- Duke Kenworthy, Art Kruger and John Potts -- do this on April 26, 1914, against the Chicago Federals.