Players in Major League Baseball’s American and National leagues have already hit more than 4,000 home runs this season. If that pace continues they’ll break the single-season record of 5,693 set in 2000.
Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with sports analyst Mike Pesca (@pescami), host of the daily podcast The Gist, about baseball’s power surge.
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