Mariners' Cal Raleigh reveals why he loves baseball in midst of history-making season

Cal Raleigh is having 1 of nan top shot seasons ever.

The Seattle Mariners catcher is some a superb defender and besides abruptly nan champion home-run hitter connected nan planet.

He's moreover sewage nan champion nickname successful nan game, Big Dumper.

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Raleigh besides has a awesome position connected nan crippled of baseball. He revealed his thoughts to ESPN's Jeff Passan successful a caller characteristic story.

This is really Raleigh explained his emotion for baseball:

"I really emotion nan crippled of baseball. I really do. I emotion nan scouting reports. I emotion catching. I emotion moving nan game. I emotion hitting, obviously. It's a crippled that you tin emotion truthful overmuch -- and astatine nan aforesaid time, erstwhile things spell wrong, it tin beryllium 1 of nan worst things successful nan world. That's benignant of what makes it truthful great, right?"

Right indeed.

Raleigh entered nan All-Star break pinch 38 location runs and 10 stolen bases. Both are already career-highs for nan 6-foot-2, 235-pound catcher.

His 38 homers successful nan first half were 2nd only to Barry Bonds for a pre-All-Star-Game total.

Raleigh has a chance to group single-season records for catcher location runs, switch-hitter location runs and moreover possibly nan AL location tally people of 62 held by Aaron Judge.

Baseball is superb each nan time, but moreover much truthful erstwhile Raleigh is putting together a play for nan ages for illustration this.

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