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Yermin Mercedes makes MLB history using Cooperstown bats White Sox rookie catcher starts season hitting 8-for-8 and blasts a 485-foot homer using bats from Cooperstown Bat Company. Posted: Apr 11, 2021 7:50 PM Posted By: Chelsea Sherrod Cooperstown, N.Y. - If you're a baseball fan you've probably heard a lot about this guy over the past week. Chicago White Sox catcher Yermin Mercedes made history in the MLB starting this season hitting 8-for 8. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Mercedes is the first player in the modern era to begin a season with hits in his first 8 at-bats. To top it al...

AP Photos The White Sox talked about putting on a show for the fans in their home opener Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. And then did they did it — in spectacular fashion, no less — with Lance Lynn, Yermin Mercedes and Yoan Moncada playing leading roles in a 6-0 victory against the Royals. The first inning alone was worth the long wait for fans, who were allowed into the ballpark for the first time since 2019. Mercedes, the toast of baseball after his 8-for-8 start to the season, launched a 485-foot home run against Royals right-hander Brad Keller. Many of the 8,207 fans — a socia...

Mercedes had said this week he couldn’t wait for the fans to ‘‘meet the Yerminator.’’ ‘‘They love me right now,’’ he said after his latest performance. Mercedes’ homer came after Jose Abreu, responding to chants of ‘‘M-V-P,’’ lined a double with two outs and Moncada homered. Mercedes’ blast, his second of the season, added another sensational layer to his unthinkable start to the season. Only homers by Joe Borchard (504 feet) on Aug. 30, 2004, against the Phillies and Frank Thomas (495 feet) on July 23, 2002, against the Twins traveled farther on the Sox’ l...