First number, last word

By Tom Singer

April 13, 2014

33: Home runs in day games since the start of the 2012 season by Pedro Alvarez, the most in the National League. Two-time American League MVP Miguel Cabrera is tops in the Majors with 34.

"'I'm buying time.' I'm being transparent. Why lie to them? They know what I'm doing." -- Hurdle, on what he tells umpires when he goes on the field to buy time for his video-review team to look at a play he may want to challenge.

Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer.