Go Figure

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Years after Reds first baseman Tony Perez became the first player to hit a home run into the upper deck of Cinergy Field (then Riverfront Stadium), that another Reds first baseman, his son Eduardo, became the 15th and latest to perform the feat.

4.3; 1,410; 1
Grade point average, SAT score and place in class of Springdale (Pa.) High senior soccer star Lindsay Slomer, who was declared academically ineligible by the NCAA for failing to meet an English requirement.

500
Grammar schools in Great Britain that receive equipment and financial support from Major League Baseball and the British Baseball Federation to promote baseball in physical-education classes.

1,000.60
Cost, in dollars, for "an adult to dress, bathe and smell like Michael Jordan from head to toe," according to an Indianapolis Star tally of MJ-endorsed products in area malls.

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Nonexpansion teams-Angels, Astros, Dodgers, Expos, Marlins, Mets, Padres, Royals and White Sox—that have never had a player hit 44 home runs in a season, which Mark McGwire has already done in 1998.