Cal Raleigh still has targets left to hit, and none of them will carry more resonance than the one that wouldn't actually break any kind of record. We’re talking about 60 homers, because even though that won’t be 73 (Barry Bonds’s single-season record from 2001) or 62 (Aaron Judge’s American League record from 2022), it’s still sixty home runs . It’s been done only nine times by six hitters, and six of those nine times came in a four-season span from 1998-2001. The other three times came from Yankees outfielders. That’s it. Ever.

All of which means that 60 homers might be only one more than 59, but it matters about a million times more – particularly coming from A) a catcher who B) plays in one of baseball’s most difficult hitting environments .

Raleigh, entering play Tuesday even

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