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I’ve always been fascinated by the most extreme blowouts in baseball history. I mean, when you hear about games where one team scores 30 runs and the other barely scratches a few, it almost feels surreal. I was thinking about how momentum and psychology play into this—once a team starts losing by a huge margin, every mistake seems magnified, and the losing team’s morale collapses. It’s not just about the players’ skills, but also how pressure affects every at-bat and every pitch.
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One classic example is the Texas Rangers demolishing the Baltimore Orioles 30–3 back in 2007. That game wasn’t just a scoring frenzy—it was a perfect storm of offense, defense failures, and mental fatigue for the Orioles. You can read a detailed breakdown of this and other historic blowouts here sport https://wordstreetjournal.com/the-biggest-blowouts-in-mlb-history/ . The article explains the circumstances, player performances, and even how crowd reactions can influence the pace of the game. Seeing stats like 29 hits in a single game really puts into perspective how completely one team can dominate.