You always have to prepare as much as possible, you never know what day you will have to make history. Ronald Acuña Jr. has written several pages in gold letters this season and Wednesday’s day was no exception. It was not enough to enter a more than select group, the 40-40, so the Venezuelan inaugurated the “40-70 Club” in the Major Leagues.
The Venezuelan started the game with 68 stolen bases and 41 home runs, but the Chicago Cubs were once again victims of his speed. The 69th came in the bottom of the eighth and the 70th, with which he cut the club’s ribbon was in the tenth, which put him closer to the plate to score with a single by Ozzie Albies and the Atlanta Braves defeated the bear cubs 6 -5.
Upon arriving safely and asking the umpire for time, “The Abuser” took off the second pad from the field and raised it to the sky, while Truist Park fell with the applause and screams of the fans and his teammates.
In this way, the Sabanero becomes the first and only player in the history of the sport to reach 70 or more stolen bases and hit 40 or more home runs in a campaign. That’s incredible, considering that he had been the first and also only player to record 40-50 and 40-60.
“Super happy, above all, for bringing us this victory, it was an exciting game and super happy for joining the 40-70 Club,” said Ronald post-game, clearly excited; maybe that’s why he said “join” instead of inaugurate.
This adds more merit to his candidacy for Most Valuable Player, if there were any doubts. To the numbers mentioned above we must add that the right patrolman has 634 bases reached, 213 hits, 146 runs scored and 104 RBIs.
Acuña Jr.’s season, which is clearly an MVP, was crowned days ago when he was the fifth player to hit +40 home runs and steal more than 40 bases. The group is made up of none other than José Canseco, Barry Bonds, Alfonso Soriano and Alex Rodríguez.
All statistics mentioned in this note are personal career highs. Ronald will get married tonight and tomorrow he will see what other record he is about to break and go for it.
2023-09-28 03:17:07
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