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  Perez. Bench. Piazza. Let's take a look back and revisit some of the best power-hitting seasons by a major league backstop. The gear weighs on them in the summer heat. They're battered and they're bruised – sometimes too many to count. Their knees ache. For major league backstops, the season is a grind. There's a reason why people refer to catcher's equipment as the "tools of ignorance." And why many players are eventually moved out from behind the plate to preserve their legs and lengthen their careers. But all that is what makes it so impressive when a catcher can put together a banner offensive season to go along with the work behind the dish. The Elite Group In the long history of Major League Baseball, only seven backstops have hit 40 or more home runs in a single season. Let's take a walk down memory lane into some of those years before listing the rest of the best power seasons by a catcher. To qualify for this all-time leaderboard, a p...

  FK Jablonec – FK Pardubice April 13th, 2025 Sunday's Chance Liga program will offer a clash of teams with opposing forms. The home team Jablonec is experiencing one of its best seasons in recent years, while Pardubice is fighting for mere survival in the top competition. The North Bohemians are playing their best season since the 2020-21 season, when they had 17 wins (now 13) and 56 points (currently 45) after the same number of played matches. Jablonec also has a positive goal difference of +20, a value last exceeded in the 2018-19 season (+24). Just like then, they have conceded only 25 goals. The key to Jablonec's success is a solid defense. The North Bohemians have already recorded 13 clean sheets in this Chance Liga season – only Slavia Praha has more (18). For Jablonec, this is the most since the 2014-15 season (also 13), and overall, they have had more clean sheets at this stage of the season only once – 15 in the 1996-97 season. For goalkeeper Jan Hanuš, this is ...