slugger
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Former Sooners slugger Jocelyn Alo, the NCAA’s career home run queen, averaged nearly 0.5 homers a game on her way to a record 122.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Garret Anderson, the often misunderstood and always lethal Angels slugger who starred in the 2002 World Series, has died of a heart attack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
A wild pitch from McLean left Venezuela with runners on second and third base and on the next pitch Kansas City Royals slugger Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly allowed Perez to score.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
The Venezuelans have a star-studded lineup that includes former MVP Ronald Acuña Jr., three-time batting champion Luis Arráez and 49-home-run slugger Eugenio Suárez.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
I was startled by a slugger who appeared from the darkness and approached me at a crawl.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
When Ben Rice began his junior year at Dartmouth, he wasn’t thinking about the major-league draft or a future as one of the most fearsome sluggers on the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Four years from now, here’s hoping a new crop of American sluggers remember to get a little goofy with it.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026
This was one of the greatest collections of sluggers ever assembled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Chicago started left-hander reliever Drew Pomeranz as the clubs hoped to subdue sluggers who had combined for a one-series MLB playoff record 21 first-inning runs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025
“I don’t know. I asked. I begged them to send me back, but the sluggers aren’t keen on taking commands.”
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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