{"id":181230,"date":"2025-09-25T17:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/181230\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T17:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:18:11","slug":"a-must-see-baseball-movie-come-to-life-cal-raleigh-crushes-60th-homer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/181230\/","title":{"rendered":"A must-see baseball movie come to life: Cal Raleigh crushes 60th homer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/seattle-mariners\/news\/must-see-baseball-movie-come-life-cal-raleigh-crushes-60th-homer\/c6a842ad0cf27134ba11de9b?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:A must-see baseball movie come to life: Cal Raleigh crushes 60th homer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">A must-see baseball movie come to life: Cal Raleigh crushes 60th homer<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What an incredible night it was in the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday. A crowd of 42,883 packed T-Mobile Park to watch the Seattle Mariners take on the Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Mariners entered the night with a chance to clinch the American League West, and all eyes were on catcher Cal Raleigh, who came in just two home runs shy of 60 on the season. Only two players in AL history, Aaron Judge in 2022 and Roger Maris in 1961, have ever hit 60 or more home runs in a single season.<\/p>\n<p>Raleigh wasted no time getting the party started. The 6-foot-2, 235-pound slugger from Cullowhee, North Carolina, launched his 59th homer to right field in the opening inning. Julio Rodr\u00edguez followed with a blast of his own, and Jorge Polanco added one as well, propelling the Mariners toward win No. 89.<\/p>\n<p>The ballpark erupted into a frenzy that never let up. Throughout the night, fans roared \u201cMVP! MVP!\u201d every time Raleigh stepped to the plate. In the second inning, he kept the momentum going with a two-run double, further electrifying the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>But the true magic came in the eighth inning, one of those unforgettable moments destined to live on in MLB history. With Seattle leading 8-1, Raleigh dug in. The entire stadium rose to its feet, chanting \u201cMVP! MVP! MVP!\u201d And then it happened. A towering shot to right field. His60th home run of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The place exploded. Fans went wild. The lucky spectator who caught that ball instantly held a small fortune. More importantly, Cal Raleigh had cemented his name among baseball\u2019s legends.<\/p>\n<p>As the guys at Big League Digest suggest:<\/p>\n<p>Cal Raleigh hitting 60 while the whole stadium is on their feet chanting MVP could be straight out of a movie\ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/29UV56JITI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pic.twitter.com\/29UV56JITI;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pic.twitter.com\/29UV56JITI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Big League Digest (@BigLeagueDigest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigLeagueDigest\/status\/1971190104162173154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:September 25, 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">September 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That blast sets the stage for Thursday night\u2019s rematch with the Rockies before a weekend showdown against the Dodgers. Raleigh, now at 60 home runs, is just two away from tying Judge\u2019s AL record and three from holding the all-time league mark outright.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/cincinnati-reds\/news\/terry-franconas-reds-waste-massive-playoff-positioning-opportunity\/4ab84be25ec502aecc41e559\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Terry Francona&#039;s Reds waste massive playoff positioning opportunity;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Terry Francona&#8217;s Reds waste massive playoff positioning opportunity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raleigh\u2019s season stat line is as jaw-dropping as his homers: a .248 batting average, 60 home runs, 125 RBIs, 109 runs scored, and 23 doubles. The Mariners, meanwhile, have clinched their first division crown since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>While Raleigh\u2019s MVP case grows stronger by the day, Seattle has its eyes on a bigger prize: home-field advantage. The Mariners currently trail Toronto and the Yankees by just a single game for the AL\u2019s best record.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB News:<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A must-see baseball movie come to life: Cal Raleigh crushes 60th homer originally appeared on The Sporting News&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[4260,107246,1993,1230,4279,1995,48328,363,1712,107247,481,99,107150,12378,12404],"class_list":["post-181230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aaron-judge","tag-american-league-west","tag-cal-raleigh","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-dodgers","tag-jorge-polanco","tag-julio-rodriguez","tag-mlb","tag-reds","tag-roger-maris","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-sports","tag-the-mariners","tag-toronto","tag-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}