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Salvador Perez made history in Kansas City Wednesday, parking his three hundred seventeenth career home run to tie George Brett's all-time Royals franchise record. A catcher matching a legend like Brett is no small thing, and Perez is one swing away from standing alone at the top of that list.
Shifting to the diamond in New York, Clay Holmes finds himself in a complicated spot heading toward the trade deadline. The Mets' injured starter is drawing serious market interest from contenders, while simultaneously seeking a contract extension with New York. That tension between loyalty and leverage is only going to build as the deadline approaches.
And in college football, SEC Media Days delivered a moment worth noting when Missouri head coach Eliah Drinkwitz gave genuine respect to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and Gator Nation. In a nine-game conference schedule packed with hostile road environments, Drinkwitz acknowledged Florida's home field as one of the genuine challenges on any team's calendar, which tells you something about the weight that stadium still carries.
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