Late August Baseball Factazoid Frenzy!

The last 33 appearances of Orioles relief pitcher Cla Meredith—pronounced “Clay” for some reason—have come in games in which his team ultimately lost. Nelson Cruz hits the ball very hard. Nelson Cruz and Mark Reynolds top Hit Tracker’s 2009 Golden Sledgehammer List thus far into the season. The Golden Sledgehammer list ranks hitters by farthest average distance their home runs have traveled. Through Monday’s games, Cruz’s home runs went an average of 419 feet, which is obviously awesome, especially for a player finally getting his first opportunity to play every day at the age of 28. Back to Reynolds. The 25-year-old is currently rocking an isolated power of .312 with 38 home runs and 170 strikeouts. What a freak. Here is Ted Berg’s find of the day, presumably discovered during his daily Google search for “Dickshot.” The ratio of Indians batters struck out by Zack Greinke to thousands of fans in attendance at Ka...