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Tim Tebow took his next steps toward trying to reach Major League Baseball by going 1-for-6 with a solo home run in his first instructional league game as a member of the New York Mets against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.

Any doubters were silenced, at least in Tebow's first at-bat. The former Heisman Trophy winner hit a home run on the first pitch he saw, driving the ball over the wall in left-center field. 

Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, who is retiring after the 2016 season, spoke with Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci about retiring, steroids, his approach to the game and more in a lengthy interview.

Fact: Buster Posey recorded his 1,000th career hit with a home run in the Giants' 12-1 win over the Rockies on Tuesday night. He is the first player to get his first 1,000 hits with the Giants since Rich Aurilia in 2003.

Bleacher Report will be bringing sports fans the most interesting and engaging Cold Hard Fact of the day, presented by Coors Light.

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The MLB postseason is quickly approaching, but many teams around the league already have their sights set on the offseason and potential improvements before the 2017 campaign.

I can fly higher than an eagle, for you are the wind beneath my wings…

1. Vin Scully and the Dodgers Match Walk-Offs

One by one, we say goodbye to the greatest summers of our lives.

A man in Pasadena, California, shakes his head, smiles and clicks off the television after the final out.

With the three National League division races wrapped up and the top record in the league already well in hand, the remaining drama in the dwindling days of the 2016 regular season stems from the wild-card race.

The Chicago Cubs, Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers have already clinched the NL Central, East and West, respectively, with the former pacing the majors with 101 wins and counting. 

Less than a week remains in the 2016 MLB regular season, and there are still a handful of playoff spots up for grabs.

On the American League side, the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers have clinched their respective divisions, and the Boston Red Sox have locked up a playoff spot with their magic number at one to clinch the AL East.

There was no celebration for the Boston Red Sox in Yankee Stadium Tuesday night, as the AL East leaders saw their 11-game winning streak go by the board in a 6-4 loss to the New York Yankees.

That loss coupled with a 5-1 victory by the Toronto Blue Jays over the Baltimore Orioles cut Boston's lead to five games and left its magic number at one to clinch the division title. 

Though sports are fueled by speculation, opinion and debatable assertion, baseball—to borrow a tidbit from our country’s Declaration of Independence (h/t to Thomas Jefferson)—holds certain truths to be self-evident.

After checking in with the game's top shortstops, the B/R MLB 300 now heads to its final stop on the infield with a look at the top third basemen in Major League Baseball for the 2016 season.