Baseball’s New Wave: The Young Superstars Taking Over the Game

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rows deep into the upper deck at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati Acuña’s first major league home run traveled an estimated 416 feet leaving the bat at a speed of 105 8 miles per hour He ended the season with a 293 batting average and 26 homers The ball explodes off his bat Jones said He’s got a great bat path His bat is in the hitting zone a long time You can’t teach that It’s God given Whoever taught him did very well It’s when Acuña puts the bat on the ball that the real fun begins Few can match Acuña’s speed on the base paths That showed during his major league debut Acuña found himself on first base with the