chicks dig the long ball so they're loving these guys

The number one story of this entire season has been "home runs are down." Hitting is at the lowest in a decade. Pitching is dominating.

Then there's Jose Bautista. The 29 year-old journeyman utility fielder is playing for his sixth team in seven seasons. On Saturday he hit his 49th home run of the season. His previous season high was 16. 16 to 49, that's like a 306% increase with like two weeks left to add to that total. No other player even has 40. How do you explain that?

And then there's Troy Tulowitzki. On Saturday, the Rockies' shortstop hit two more home runs, his 14th of September. That's 14 home runs in 15 games. Before September he had twelve all season. If he was on a team in the cellar it wouldn't matter much, but his Rockies are storming back into the playoff hunt. On August 23, not too long ago, the Rockies were 11 games behind division-leading San Diego. Today (September 18), the Rockies are one single game back. (It doesn't hurt that teammate Carlos Gonzalez is hitting .388 since the beginning of July.) Some of you may credit Coors Field for that, but he also has five homers in five road games in pitcher-friendly San Diego and Los Angeles this month.

Especially with the situation around the rest of the league, these two hitters are having truly historical seasons that shouldn't be overlooked.