“Albert doesn’t hit singles anymore,” Cleveland Indians Manager Mike Hargrove observed, “he only hits bombs.” 1995 saw Albert Belle make history by becoming the first ballplayer ever to collect 50 home runs and 50 doubles in the same season. Carlos Baerga recounts the 50th dinger: “When I saw Albert in the dugout before that at-bat…he said, ‘I’m going to hit this home run and get it over with.’ After he did it, he was actually smiling. Albert doesn’t do that very much, you know.”



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