Matt Olson Hits 50 Homers

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The Braves's Matt Olson hit his 49th and 50th home runs against the Phillies doubleheader. That makes him the 1st MLB player to reach the 50 HR club for 2023. That also puts him one homer Behind Andruw Jones franchise record of 51.

WATCH: Braves' Matt Olson becomes first player to 50 home runs in 2023

Olson is one short of the Braves' single-season home run record

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The race for NL MVP is between LA Dodger Mookie Betts and Ronald Acuna, he of the Braves. Betts has over 100 RBI's as a leadoff hitter, and is one HR shy of tying the mark for most leadoff HR's in a season (Alfonso Soriano, 2003)

Mookie goes where only one other leadoff batter has

LOS ANGELES -- Very few leadoff hitters have put together a season like the one Mookie Betts is having. Really, very few leadoff hitters have put together a career like Betts’. The All-Star hit a leadoff home run in the Dodgers’ 11-8 loss to the Padres on Monday night at

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"Olson is one homer away from matching the franchise record Andruw Jones set in 2005. This is just the seventh 50-homer season recorded by a big leaguer going back to '10. Yankees slugger Aaron Judge accounted for two of the previous six occasions within this span."

“It was definitely a cool moment,” Olson said. “Phillies left fielder [Kyle Schwarber] actually got it from the fan [who caught it]. That was really cool. I respect that from him.”

That was so sportsmanlike of Schwarber.

Olson, Acuña inch closer to history in twin bill with Philly

PHILADELPHIA -- Matt Olson became the second Braves player to hit 50 home runs in a season, and Ronald Acuña Jr. is just four homers away from the fifth 40-homer, 40-steal season in American League/National League history. Both NL MVP candidates shined as the Braves moved closer to a sixth

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[okfine]

The race for NL MVP is between LA Dodger Mookie Betts and Ronald Acuna, he of the Braves. Betts has over 100 RBI's as a leadoff hitter, and is one HR shy of tying the mark for most leadoff HR's in a season (Alfonso Soriano, 2003)

Mookie goes where only one other leadoff batter has

LOS ANGELES -- Very few leadoff hitters have put together a season like the one Mookie Betts is having. Really, very few leadoff hitters have put together a career like Betts’. The All-Star hit a leadoff home run in the Dodgers’ 11-8 loss to the Padres on Monday night at

www.mlb.com

Versus the Padres, Betts was robbed of a homer by a Dodgers fan interference. Auto double.

 

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The Braves's Matt Olson hit his 49th and 50th home runs against the Phillies doubleheader. That makes him the 1st MLB player to reach the 50 HR club for 2023. That also puts him one homer Behind Andruw Jones franchise record of 51.

WATCH: Braves' Matt Olson becomes first player to 50 home runs in 2023

Olson is one short of the Braves' single-season home run record

www.cbssports.com

Was one of them Homer Simpson? He deserves to be hit. Or did you spell it wrong and mean to have an "o" instead of the last two letters?

 

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I think the MVP race is now between Acuña and Olson, who hit 51 tonight to go with his 128 RBI.

 

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But it will likely be Acuña who could end up with a 40-70 or 40-80 season. He's hitting around .336, scoring 100+ runs and driving in 100+ RBI.

 

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Impressive.

 

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"Olson is one homer away from matching the franchise record Andruw Jones set in 2005. This is just the seventh 50-homer season recorded by a big leaguer going back to '10. Yankees slugger Aaron Judge accounted for two of the previous six occasions within this span."

“It was definitely a cool moment,” Olson said. “Phillies left fielder [Kyle Schwarber] actually got it from the fan [who caught it]. That was really cool. I respect that from him.”

That was so sportsmanlike of Schwarber.

Olson, Acuña inch closer to history in twin bill with Philly

PHILADELPHIA -- Matt Olson became the second Braves player to hit 50 home runs in a season, and Ronald Acuña Jr. is just four homers away from the fifth 40-homer, 40-steal season in American League/National League history. Both NL MVP candidates shined as the Braves moved closer to a sixth

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