There are athletes who can play an entire career and never approach immortality. Joshua Báez did it in one game. In fact, he did it one at-bat. Further to the point he did it with just one pitch. In a 2026 game against the Chicago Cubs, the St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder hit not one, not two, but three home runs, in his first game in Major League Baseball. In the first inning he knocked the very first pitch he’d ever faced into the center field…
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