Catcher Bobby Estalella never exactly set the baseball world on fire in any long-term sense, drifting as a backup between six teams over nine seasons. But at the end of the 1997 season, he probably seemed like the second coming of Johnny Bench. He had hit two home runs with a .353 batting average in seven games as a Phil in 1996, and he picked up where he left off in 1997. On September 4th, playing the Expos in just his third game after getting called up, he knocked three home runs off a lit...
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TEAMS:
New York Mets,
Philadelphia Phillies,
San Francisco Giants,
Los Angeles Dodgers,
Tampa Bay Rays
PLAYERS: Bobby Estalella, Pedro Martinez, Mike Lieberthal, Chris Brock, Barry Bonds
PLAYERS: Bobby Estalella, Pedro Martinez, Mike Lieberthal, Chris Brock, Barry Bonds
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