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Paul Sullivan: With baseball on another record home-run pace, balls smashing off signs and buildings may be the new norm

Anthony Rizzo probably won't be getting a check for his charity foundation from ATI Physical Therapy for hitting the company's advertisement Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field, as he did from Anheuser-Busch for smoking a home run off the "d" in the Budweiser sign Wednesday night.

The ATI ad is affixed to a green door near the 368-foot marker in right field, so as much as Rizzo admired his shot - and he did briefly stand at the plate watching the flight - it was merely a two-run double and

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