Though the average trot time is around 22 seconds, top sluggers routinely approach the half-minute mark.
Then saviors appeared in the form of sluggers with the bodies of Greek gods: Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds.
And what of the role of steroids, an issue that has dogged Bonds, McGwire and other recent sluggers, in all of this?
New right fielder Delmon Young will begin the season on the DL, and key sluggers Ryan Howard and Chase Utley have dealt with major injuries in recent years.
He also talked about previous negotiations for Barry Bonds and Greg Maddux as well as the changing dynamics for evaluating sluggers and how they are being treated as prime commodities.
Beane goes after not just the lesser young prospects but also a bunch of butt-heavy seeming nonentities and washed-up sluggers who nevertheless get on base and generally embody the sabermetric virtues.
Collins tried to jolt his lineup by restoring slumping sluggers Davis and Duda back into the middle of the order, and the move paid quick dividends when Duda homered to center field.
After the game, Mets manager Terry Collins said he was going to return to putting sluggers Ike Davis back in the cleanup spot and have Lucas Duda back in the lineup regularly.
It is not a stretch to claim that many people who were not regular baseball fans tuned in to MLB action because of the exciting home run race between the two sluggers.
Sluggers come and go quickly in the majors.
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Sluggers Matt Holliday, Allen Craig and Carlos Beltran remain a part of a dangerous lineup, and bright young arms Trevor Rosenthal, Shelby Miller and Joe Kelly could have an impact in the rotation and bullpen.
Talk of the best-ever teams starts with a pair of New York Yankee clubs--the 1927 "Murderers Row" lineup featuring Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, and the 1961 group led by sluggers Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris.
When Andre Agassi won Wimbledon 20 years ago, he showed that this tournament could be won from the baseline, something that wasn't thought possible when even backcourt sluggers like Ivan Lendl would adopt a serve-and-volley game at the All England Club.
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