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Old 05-13-2003, 01:28 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I wouldn’t call it a ‘home-run explosion’ but a couple of people will get close to 50. More teams hit 200 home runs that year than ever before I think. There was a sharp increase in league batting average that year though.
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