The Less Famous of the Two Max Muncys in Major League Baseball Is Doing Something We May Never Have Seen Before in Baseball
This is one hell of a strange story—a three-act play that must be read and pondered over for quite some time to be believed. It’s possible that nothing quite like this has happened in MLB before.
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Introduction
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Act I
There are two ball players named Max Muncy in Major League Baseball.
One of them has been named an All-Star multiple times, has finished in the Top 15 for League MVP three times, and plays for one of the best teams—and, candidly, one of the very best franchises—in all of professional baseball: the Los Angeles Dodgers.
This article is not about that Max Muncy.
The other Max Muncy is a utility middle infielder who plays for what’s almost certainly the worst franchise in all of professional baseball—a team so bad that not only does it no longer have a home city, but it doesn’t even have a city’s name in its team name and is instead just known as The Athletics.
Yes, really.
This story is about that Max Muncy.