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Ted Williams: he mastered the strike zone: Hall of Famer trained himself at a young age never to go after a bad pitch, and as a result became one of the greatest batters of all time. (A Hitting Legend).
IN THE 125-YEAR HISTORY OF MAJOR LEAGUE baseball, nobody has ever hit five home runs in a game, pitched three no-hitters in a season, or won more than two Triple Crowns.
Winning the baseball trifecta is tough enough to win once: the last man to win it was Carl Yastrzemski of the 1967 Boston Red Sox, while the last National League winner was Joe Medwick of the 1937 St. Louis Cardinals. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine never found such a vast black hole.
The top three home run hitters of baseball history--Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, and Willie Mays--had Triple Crown potential that never materialized. Aaron and Ruth both won batting and RBI titles to go with their ...
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