But I was not expecting
this:
He is not just chasing
Foxx,
Ruth and
Maris, he is on pace to obliterate the HR record, and maybe even challenge
Wilson's RBI mark.
Lots of others sluggers are outperforming IRL 1979 at this point as well...many players are currently exceeding Schmidt's second place SLG % for the actual year (sadly not Schmidt himself...he went down for 4 months with a ruptured tendon).
I hope things settle down over the next 100 or so games. As much as I want Kingman to have a big year, I really don't want to see him hitting 70 homers.