Biggest Takeaways from MLB Week 8

At their core, sports provide us with a stage of competition. We typically associate that with the competition between two teams.

But it extends to teammates, too, vying for at-bats. And also to a competitor’s drive to chase a record. That was the case with Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr., who was pursuing Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak.

Bradley fell short. The streak ended at 29 games, which again proved that DiMaggio’s hit streak is one of baseball’s toughest records to break.

Of course, the Bradley streak wasn’t the only compelling theater during MLB’s Week 8. There was more…

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