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Yoenis Cespedes is still crushing baseballs

Found February 23, 2013 on Minus Twenty-Two: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Mike Trout,  Babe Ruth
TEAMS: Los Angeles Angels
Yoenis Cespedes had a pretty successful rookie season for the A’s in 2012, hitting .292/.356/.505, 23 home runs and 82 RBI while sending bombs to uninhabited parts of the Coliseum outfield. He’s probably your defending A.L. Rookie of the Year if it weren’t for Mike Trout, who we’ve heard is now fat. We didn’t hear much from from the 27-year-old outfielder in the offseason, or that is he didn’t put out any insane workout videos this year. But if media dispatches from Arizona on Friday are any indication, Cespedes is picking up right where he left off last season. From BANG: Yoenis Cespedes told Melvin early Friday that he was going to homer off him during batting practice — with a “donut,” the circular weight hitters use to get extra resistance when they loosen up, still attached. He did, and on the first try. “I think it was borderline taunting,” Melvin said good-naturedly. “He was like Babe Ruth, calling his shot.” Fans at Papago Park gave Cespedes an ovation after he finished his h
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