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Rookie Nick Kurtz hit a 493-foot grand slam homer, the longest in Major League Baseball for more than two years.
Hitting is tougher than ever in October. Teams deploy their best pitchers, and the pressure on every pitch ramps up to max intensity. But that hasn't stopped baseball's biggest sluggers from crushing some monster postseason home runs.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nick Kurtz launched a 493-foot grand slam — the longest home run in the majors this season — and the Athletics hammered Hunter Greene early in an 11-5 victory Saturday night over the Cincinnati Reds. Brent Rooker also ...
Four hours and 58 minutes after it had begun, the longest winner-takes-all playoff game in MLB history was decided in suitably dramatic fashion on Friday night.
The Athletics are running out of vocabulary to describe Nick Kurtz's rookie season. And after Kurtz’s latest jaw-dropping feat, that might just be a problem. The slugging first baseman truly outdid himself in the eighth inning of Saturday’s 11-5 win over the Reds,