SEATTLE — Cal Raleigh’s eyes lit up like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. ‘MVP’ chants from a near-sellout crowd echoed throughout T-Mobile Park as the driver of Seattle’s storybook season delivered another historic swing — Home Run No. 60.
Colorado Rockies reliever Angel Chivilli offered a well-placed fastball on the lower edge, but Raleigh dropped the barrel on a 389-foot blast to right field, admitting him into the American League’s 60-homer club with all-time greats: Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, and Aaron Judge.
A curtain call was obvious. A crowd of 42,883 never left their feet. Seattle’s all-world catcher lifted the trident like he has so many times before, and Seattle is celebrating like it’s 2001.
Raleigh’s two-homer game powered a 9-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesda