Vinnie Pasquantino hit another home run again over the weekend. He’s been doing that a lot lately, to the delight of Kansas City Royals fans and the chagrin of opposing baseball teams. The large man with one of the most Italian-sounding names physically possible is now at 28 home runs on the year, and every new dinger he socks extends his single-season career high.

But it has been a bit of an arduous road for Vinnie this year. He started off slowly, and had an OPS under .700 all the way through May 25. It wasn’t until this week that his OPS hit .800 for the first time since the opening week of the season. Vinnie remained aggressive throughout, though, and in a variety of interviews, I got the feeling that Vinnie’s conception of the role on the team was one of run producing first and forem

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