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Raleigh’s historic 60th home run, his second long ball Wednesday night, came against Colorado Rockies reliever Angel Chivilli in the bottom of the eighth inning.

USC has allowed 39 pass plays of 10 yards or more through four weeks, which ranks in the bottom 25 in the nation, despite not having played any passers of note.

"Even with a powerful government like the Chinese one, it is hard to arrest pessimist sentiments when the economy looks bleak, the job market is cruelly competitive, and birth rate hits rock bottom."

Then, with two out in the bottom of the eighth inning, chants of “M-V-P” were already raining down on Raleigh as he stepped to the plate, batting left-handed again, against Rockies reliever Angel Chivilli.

As the grisly opening frame of the finale shows us, we’re just meat for bottom feeders.