The best shortened-season performances including Jerry Rice in 1987

The NBA and NHL will be lucky to get in a full playoff if they even return. Major League Baseball certainly won’t play a full 162-game schedule. And who knows about the NFL? But while coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the calendars of every sports …

Albert Belle

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One year after his infamous corked bat incident, the Indians slugger couldn’t be stopped over the 144-game schedule in 1995. Belle hit .317/.401/.690 with 50 home runs and 126 RBI as the Indians made their first World Series since 1948.