The 20-year-old All-Star walked in his other plate appearance and is hitting .371 this season.

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But few recall that Maris hit his 60th home run in his 684th plate appearance.

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In his first plate appearance, the ever-smiling 22-year-old outfielder worked a one-out walk after falling behind 0-2.

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Under Friday's deal, MLB and the union agreed that the sentence will not apply this year, leaving Cabrera one plate appearance short.

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Carson, who took over for Niese, walked in his first big league plate appearance and set up RBI singles by Daniel Murphy and David Wright.

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Out since injuring his right wrist March 5, Teixeira worked out a seven-pitch walk in the second inning in his first plate appearance of the season and scored on Jayson Nix's single.

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The license plate alone, which can help with courthouse parking, is not intrinsically unethical and doesn't necessarily create an appearance of impropriety, though judges who invoke their judicial status when pulled over by police are misbehaving, the report said.

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