With the calendar ready to flip to 2025, bet365 has a number of MLB specials on offer for the new year.
The markets can be found by going to 'Specials' on the side menu of the sportsbook and selecting 'North America' in the sub-menu.
Here's a list of the offers, with some background information about each one.
Over 154 years and over 238,500 games in MLB history, there have been 24 perfect games. No pitcher has thrown multiple perfect games. The most recent perfect game took place on June 28, 2023, when Domingo German of the New York Yankees did not allow anyone on base in a 11-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
In MLB history, six different players have hit a home run in exactly seven straight games. Those players are Mike Trout (September 4-12, 2022), Joey Votto (July 24-30, 2021), Kendrys Morales (August 19-26, 2018), Kevin Mench (April 21-28, 2006), Barry Bonds (April 12-20, 2004), and Jim Thome (June 25-July 3, 2002).
Only three players in MLB history have hit a home run in exactly eight straight games, and the achievement is the record for the longest home run streak in league history. The Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. did it most recently, from July 20-28, 1993; New York Yankees Hall of Famer Don Mattingly did it from July 8-18, 1987; Pittsburgh Pirates 1B Dale Long did it first, with the streak running May 19-28, 1956.
The longest home run streak, as mentioned, is eight games. The longest home run streak in 2024 was six games by Boston Red Sox 3B Rafael Devers, who went yard in every game between May 15-20.
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