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Good morning! The Braves just stole a base and hit a home run off you. Sorry.
It’s a number-crunching day here at the Pulse. First up we have the absurd Ronald Acuña Jr.’s Atlanta Braves, who, as Jayson Stark detailed this week, are breaking the math of the game. I want to hone in on one aspect first, though:
Acuña hit his 39th home run last night, making him one homer and three stolen bases shy of a 40/70 season, which has never been done .