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Linking Bryce Harper and Michael Morse

Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals prepares to

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It is one of those rare statistical treats in baseball, the guy whose home run total is more than half of his RBI total.

Of the top 100 players on MLB's home run leaderboard through games of May 29, only the Nationals' Bryce Harper and the Mariners' Michael Morse have accomplished this feat.

Harper: 12 home runs, 23 RBI (52.2 percent)

Morse: 11 home runs, 21 RBI (52.4 percent)

It...

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Yankees-Mets Subway Series tickets selling like cold cakes

Subway Series ticket sales info, via TiqIQ.

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The cost of going to a Mets or Yankees game is what it is nowadays, but the price on the secondary market for Mets vs. Yankees is changing. And it's changing in favor of the fan. Well, sort of. Subway Series tickets on the secondary market are still above face value, but they're cheaper this year than they have been in the past four season.

The combined average price for the four-game Subway...

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