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Slugger establishing himself as one of baseball's elite hitters
Slugger establishing himself as one of baseball's elite hitters
Gonzalez ranks among the major league leaders in home runs while making half his plate appearances at oversized Petco Park. He has been right up there with the National League's best RBI men while batting cleanup for the team that's next-to-last in baseball in runs scored.
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