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You might remember
Wladimir Balentien when he played for the Seattle Mariners. He was an
OK hitter—in parts of three seasons in
'The Show'—hitting a grand total of 15 HRs. Now, as a member of the
Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball League, he has collected 51 dingers (as of today) and is four bombs shy of tying the all-time Japanese record (55). With
five more, he will
pass the legendary
Sadaharu Oh and two other ex-MLB players:
Tuffy Rhodes and
Alex Cabrera. Balentien has 32 games to notch the five round-trippers. Looks like a lock.
