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The 20 top selling MLB jerseys in 2023

Which player topped the list of MLB jersey sales in 2023?

When the calendar flips to October, it means one thing for many sports fans: playoff baseball.

Major League Baseball’s postseason is in full swing. It’s once again time for history to be written on the diamond and showcase the game’s biggest stars shining their brightest.

At the end of every regular season, the MLB releases the top-selling jerseys from that season.

Unsurprisingly, the list contains plenty of playoff contenders, a multitude of MVP candidates and simply some of the best baseball players on the planet

Check out the full list below, and grab a jersey to support your favorite player as the remaining lucky few march on towards the 2023 World Series.

Francisco Lindor gets unnecessarily ripped by Phillies announcers over a casual throw to first

Was this really a showboating play?

Can we put this one to rest real quick?

Because Francisco Lindor didn’t do anything wrong here.

In Wednesday’s New York Mets win over the Philadelphia Phillies, Edmundo Sosa hit a ball right to the star shortstop, which was the first out. The runner, Kody Clemens, heading to second was caught, so Lindor simply threw it without much velocity over to first base to get the double play.

Sure, the ball bounced twice, but whatever! You don’t want to overthrow it or anything to lose out on such an easy play, right? Except the Phillies’ broadcast booth didn’t take kindly to the casual throw.

One of Tom McCarthy or Ben Davis — I can’t tell — said, “I’m not a big fan. Be a little bit more professional about it.”

I disagree! Either way, this reminds me that the Mets’ announcers don’t love the Phillies, either.

Francisco Lindor legged out an epic inside-the-park home run at the World Baseball Classic

INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUN AT THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC!

In a win-or-go-home matchup at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, Francisco Lindor certainly made his mark.

On Wednesday, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic were locked in a must-win game to determine which team would head to the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals and which team would go home. Both the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico came into Wednesday’s game with a 2-1 record, with the winner set to advance to the next stage of the tournament alongside Venezuela.

Puerto Rico jumped out to an early 4-1 lead after the third inning of this Pool D matchup, with Lindor playing a major role in the team’s scoring breakout thanks to a RBI single. Then, in the top of the fifth, Lindor lined a ball to center field for what was set to be a single, but the Dominican Republic fielder whiffed on the play! Lindor then flew around the bases for an incredible inside-the-park home run to put Puerto Rico emphatically up 5-1.

What a run from Lindor. Given that the Dominican Republic didn’t even throw home on that play, Lindor had room and then some to spare on the slide. Talk about a fantastic individual effort in a do-or-die game.

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The Mets hit back-to-back-to-back HRs and the luckiest good dog got their paws all over a ball

A round of a-paws for this lucky fan.

While their crosstown neighbors were enjoying a historic night of home runs and some overzealous, courageous fans, the Mets were having their own homer paw-ty on Tuesday.

With New York taking on the Nationals (+1.5) and starter Paolo Espino in the second game of a doubleheader, the first three people in the Mets’ lineup — Brandon Nimmo, Franciso Lindor, and Jeff McNeil — wasted no time shelling the pitcher. After Nimmo launched a solo shot to give the Mets an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, Lindor would follow with his own homer. As would McNeil.

Yes, the Mets went back-to-back-to-back in the first inning. But that’s not the main story, folks. What you simply have to know is that the most adorable golden retriever eventually, uh, retrieved Lindor’s homer in the upper deck.

And this Most Valuable Puppy’s joy at holding an All-Star level player’s dinger up was evident and so, so cute:

If that good boy/girl was having a ruff day beforehand, there’s no way getting Lindor’s home run ball didn’t lift their spirits.

Buck Showalter may dye his hair if Mets win the World Series. Here are our suggested colors.

We have some ideas.

The New York Mets are one of the betting favorites to win the World Series.

That is particularly exciting as we near the end of MLB’s regular season, especially because the Mets have won the championship just twice since they first became a franchise in 1962.

There are a lot of reasons to root for the Mets this season, but manager Buck Showalter (who is legitimately hilarious) provided yet another over this past weekend.

As noted by MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, the 66-year-old manager hinted that he would “dye his hair” if his team is able to win the championship this season.

Showalter, a veteran who has won American League Manager of the Year in three different decades, clearly knows how to get his team pumped up.

But as a fan, I’m all about this idea as well. In fact, in an effort to help, I’ve decided to provide some suggestions for what color Showalter should choose if the Mets do end up playing in the October Classic and winning it all.

Francisco Lindor got caught in a can’t-win hit-and-run situation that resulted in a wild, key out

A rough spot to be in.

You can’t fault Francisco Lindor here.

It’s just a no-win situation.

First off, let’s break it down: On Thursday, the New York Mets were down 3-2 to the rival Atlanta Braves in the ninth inning. Lindor was on first with no outs. Pete Alonso was at the plate.

On the first pitch from Kenley Jansen, Lindor took off for second and Alonso got the bat on the ball in an apparent hit-and-run.

But Alonso hit a fly ball to shallow right field. Lindor slid into second and realized he could be doubled off if a catch was made, so he started heading back toward first.

But the ball dropped. And Lindor was out at second after an easy force play:

Mets owner Steve Cohen tweeted a pun about injury to Francisco Lindor, and it deserves a facepalm

It is a lot harder to make fun of the Mets now that they are one of the best teams in baseball.

It is a lot harder to make fun of the Mets now that they are one of the best teams in baseball, but it’s impossible to see this tweet and not say something.

Mets superstar infielder Francisco Lindor was ruled out in the first game of their series against the Dodgers because he caught a finger in the door of a hotel room. Even just typing that out right now feels absurd, but sometimes the truth is way stranger than fiction.

If it hurt enough that a professional athlete decided to sit out, it must have been a brutal slam. But one person who sees the humor in the situation is Mets owner Steve Cohen.

After the news broke on Thursday night, here is what he said on Twitter:

“Lin-door just got hurt by a door,” said Cohen. “Ironic.”

In fairness to Cohen, it is pretty ironic that someone whose name sounds like “door” got injured by a door.

However, while it was originally exciting to see an owner like Cohen tweet about baseball when he first bought the team, that honeymoon did not last for very long.

It got ugly when he tweeted about former Mets pitcher Steven Matz, and fans hated what he had to say about unsigned first-round draft pick Kumar Rocker as well.

So maybe, as funny as the joke was for Cohen, he shouldn’t tweet jokes about when his players get injured. Unless, of course, Lindor sees the humor in his own injury as well.

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Mets Francisco Lindor easily turned a double play while being interviewed on Sunday Night Baseball

This was cool!

It takes quite the skill to multitask successfully, but Francisco Lindor just pulled it off with ease.

During Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN with the Philadelphia Phillies visiting the New York Mets, Lindor was mic’d up to be interviewed during play. We’ve seen mic’d up shenanigans between players earlier this season, adding a nice bit of levity and personality to these games.

While Lindor was being interviewed during the third inning, the Mets shortstop had to stop mid-sentence to field a Rhys Hoskins ground ball and kick start a double play to end the inning. Not only that, it wasn’t an easy ground ball either, as it was hit hard with a difficult bounce, but Lindor was able to snag it for the double play.

Pretty awesome, honestly! What a neat moment from Lindor, who easily transitioned from interview mode to baseball mode seamlessly to end the inning for the Mets.

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Buck Showalter might have a point on MLB pitchers needing help with grip after Francisco Lindor was hit by a pitch

Baseball is going to have to do something about pitching grip.

Tensions were clearly just flaring everywhere on Friday night. First, you had a fight in NASCAR. Then you’ve got benches clearing in baseball? What a night, man.

Things got a little out of hand during the Nationals and Mets game on Friday night. Nationals’ pitcher Steve Cishek accidentally beaned Francisco Lindor with a pitch that looked pretty dangerous.

The pitch hit him in the face and ended up chipping his tooth. If it weren’t for the c-flap on his helmet things could’ve ended up a lot worse. Through it all, though, Lindor maintained his composure. That was even after both benches completely cleared and ejections were handed out.

Lindor left the game, but he didn’t have any major injuries and passed concussion protocols. Cishek was ejected from the game after said he escalated things by leaving the mound.

All in all, everyone is OK and there are no actual hard feelings here, believe it or not. Mets manager Buck Showalter doesn’t even blame Cishek.

This is just part of a bigger trend around baseball that seems to be an issue.

Francisco Lindor taunted the Yankees about whistling from dugout during 3-homer game

Oh boy.

The Subway Series at Citi Field ended with wild Sunday night game that included some trash talk over … whistling.

Given the sign-stealing controversies we’ve seen in recent years, however, it’s not that crazy to hear teams getting accused of doing something to tell hitters what’s coming.

But the New York Yankees denied any wrongdoing.

We’ll break the whole thing down anyway: as Lindor rounded the bases during the second of his THREE home runs on Sunday, he mimed whistling at the Yankees. The explanation? He thought the Yankees where whistling during Taijuan Walker’s start on Saturday, perhaps to indicate what Walker was about to throw.

When Giancarlo Stanton hit a game-tying homer later on, he stopped to talk some smack to Lindor, which ignited a little face-to-face meeting between players from both sides:

After the game, Lindor didn’t go all the way to accuse the Yanks of sign-stealing, but …

Yankees players said the whistling wasn’t related to pitches:

Let’s end all of this with Lindor’s third home run on the night that was the game-winner:

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