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A bat used over a century ago by the Sultan of Swat fetched a mammoth number.

Was that Josh Demas and Jackie Bonds spotted in the crowd of a baseball game?!

PHILADELPHIA — It poured on the night the Phillies unveiled PhanaVision, delaying the game 40 years ago and perhaps delivering a message from the baseball gods after yet another pillar of the sanctum was destroyed. The Phillies were already playing on fake grass while wearing maroon instead of red and…

Pitchers are notorious dawdlers. In between pitches, they aimlessly take a few steps on the mound, move their cap up and down a bit as if appearance counts for something, and perhaps take a quick glance at the baseball. Why, has it changed?

BOSTON — The breadth of a baseball season, 162 games in all, allows for these beauties, the back-and-forth, nothing-ever-seems-right affairs. On Monday in Boston, two popups were dropped, a single off first base scored a run, and the Pirates and Red Sox combined for six home runs.

Kopech’s fastball topped out at 97.1 mph but averaged 94.4, according to Baseball Savant. More discouraging was that the Giants squared all of his home-run pitches with conviction.

Baseball by the Numbers: Teams have to do a better job of putting more balls in the air.

Anthony Rendon was suspended five games by Major League Baseball on Monday for an incident with a fan after the Angels' opening-night game.

The announcer reportedly replaces Jason Benetti as the main play-by-play broadcaster.