There eventually will come a day when Major League Baseball hitters stop hitting home runs in bunches.
But it is not this day. And probably not tomorrow. Or the day after that. And so on.
It was no secret coming into 2017 that home runs had been on the rise. The only question was whether pitchers would find a way to fight back.
So far? Nah. Very, very nah.
As recently as 2014, home runs were few and far between at 0.86 per game. Thanks to a second-half push of 1.