Brandon Crawford hit two doubles and a triple this afternoon, bringing his season totals to 20 and 2, respectively, and giving him 81 total hits for the season. He’s the starting shortstop for the National League in this year’s All-Star Game if we all do our part, and if he manages to hold up his rate of performance, he will break the single season doubles record for a shortstop in the entire history of the franchise.
Al Dark hit 41 doubles as recently as 1951 and Dave Bancroft also had 41 in 1922. Ah, yes.