If you want your team to have postseason success, don't root for too many long balls. From coast to coast, baseball fans are infatuated with home runs.
Casual fans gawk at the distances balls travel.
Fantasy leaguers scheme to acquire the big sluggers. Not even the players are immune. While Heather Locklear may be impressed by a Ruthian blast, there's mounting evidence that when it comes to winning, home runs are the most overrated statistic in baseball. Since 1985, no player who has hit more than 35 home runs has played on a World Series champion. Kansas City's Steve Balboni was the last with 36 home runs.