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The 49-second video played in the middle of the fifth inning Wednesday on the scoreboard looming over center field at loanDepot park. It began with then-Miami Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill draping a jersey over Don Mattingly as he was introduced as the organization’s manager in 2016. It…

NEW YORK — Jim Thome’s 14-year-old son, Landon, has come down to breakfast at the Thome household most mornings this baseball season with a question for his old man, the fearsome Hall of Fame slugger who smacked 612 home runs during his playing career:

On Sunday, one lucky girl thought she was about to become engaged to her boyfriend during the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball in front of thousands of fans

What’s next for Eck? The future remains unclear, but his presence will be sorely missed.

He was running out of games to pass Roger Maris but came through with No. 62 in Game 161.

Dallas baseball fan Cory Youmans made the catch of a lifetime, snagging the ball that New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit for his American League-record 62nd home run

Roger Maris had held the previous mark of 61, which he set in 1961.

He does not hold MLB’s official single-season home run record. But his authenticity, from his frame to his dedication to his sheepish smile, sets him apart.

CHICAGO — One, potentially two, acts of baseball history became solidified Wednesday night.