Max Muncy

I've been waiting for Max Muncy to have an MLBoyfriend worthy week because he has one of the best stories of the season. More one that later... Let's start with last week.

Muncy started the week very strong. On Saturday, June 22nd, he hit two home runs and had 7 RBI. Three days later, he homered twice again and had 6 RBI.

By the end of the week, Muncy had a .417 batting average and 1.420 OPS. He hit 2 doubles and (the aforementioned) 4 home runs. He scored 9 runs and batted in 17.

Here's what's fantastic about Muncy's season: It started out really bad--awful, actually. In March and April his batting average was a miserable .194 and his OPS was a slightly more respectable, but still not good, 0.610. On April 29th, things were looking bad. Then, on April 30th, he hit his first home run of the season.

April 30th just so happens to be the day Max started wearing glasses while playing due to an astigmatism. In May, his batting average was a respectable .250 and his OPS was an equally respectable .851, and he hit 5 home runs. His numbers went up again in June to a .333 batting average, 1.113 OPS with 7 home runs. Muncy isn't willing to credit the glasses with all that improvement, but he says it's "hard to deny" that they are a major factor.

It doesn't hurt that Max Muncy is on trend and looking good during this Summer of Slutty Little Glasses.

Congratulations, Max Muncy! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.

World Series, Game 3: Max Muncy

Since Game 3 of the World Series was the longest postseason game in history*, I figured it deserved special attention. So, this is really more of a MLB One-Night-Stand than an MLBoyfriend--but 7 hours and 20 minutes is very good for a hook-up. Who better to win the title than the man who brought the game to completion, Max Muncy? His walk-off home run in the 18th inning won the game for the Dodgers.



Of course, there were lots of crazy things that happened in such a marathon game. However, the fact that Max Muncy was the hero may be the craziest. Deadspin summed it up best in their headline of my favorite write-up of the game: Fucking Max Muncy Won The Longest World Series Game In History.

Also... What an incredible Cinderella story!