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November 1, 2004 - Barry Bonds led the National League in OPS for the fourth straight year, becoming the first player to do that since, well, himself, from 1990-1993. The only other players to accomplish that feat even once in Major League history are Dan Brouthers, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, and Ted Williams.

For those Bonds vs. Ruth fans out there, Ruth did it six years in a row, twice. Of course, there are only three times as many players for Bonds to beat out as there were for Ruth to beat out.

October 30, 2004 - Part Two: In 2004, the Yankees and Rangers paid ARod a combined $22 million to play baseball. Hank Blalock, Mark Teixeira, Michael Young, Kenny Rogers, and Francisco Cordero made a combined $8.125 million.

October 29, 2004 - Part One: Alex Rodriguez has switched teams twice, first going from the Mariners to the Rangers in 2001, and then from the Rangers to the Yankees in 2004. In the season after ARod's departure, his former teams'win-loss record has improved by a total of 43 wins, and his new teams' win-loss record has improved by a combined total of 2 wins.

October 28, 2004 - For the second time in his career, Edgar Renteria was the final batter of the World Series. Last night, he hit a bouncer back to pitcher Keith Foulke for the final out of the Red Sox' sweep of the Cardinals. In 1997, his base hit drove in Craig Counsell to score the winning run in Game 7 of the Marlins' World Series victory over the Cleveland Indians.

October 27, 2004 - A.J. Pierzynski, who spent most of his time batting fifth behind Barry Bonds for the Giants this season, hit into a remarkable 27 double plays to lead the National League. But what makes Pierzynski the daily fun fact for today, the 27th, is that he also managed to strike out an unfathomable 27 times in 471 at-bats. He is the first player since Tony Gwynn (17) in 1996 to have the same number of strikeouts as double plays.

October 26, 2004 - Reggie Sanders, who has played for seven teams in seven seasons, is currently playing in his third World Series in four years. He sure can pick 'em.

More importantly, Reggie's middle name is Laverne.

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