Seventy-five years ago today, August 29, 1951, Brooklyn Dodger first baseman Gil Hodges hit two home runs in the Dodgers’ 13-1 rout of the Reds at Ebbets Field. With his second “long one” – a three-run blast in the seventh inning, his 36th homer of the year – the 27-year-old Dodger first baseman topped Brooklyn’s previous single-season home-run record of 35, set by the popular slugger Babe Herman in 1930, more than two decades earlier...
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