WASHINGTON — Hello, sports fan. Perhaps you’ve been guilty of ignoring — or paying only slight attention to — baseball so far this season. The Wizards and Caps each made the second round of the playoffs; we aren’t yet through Wimbledon. These things happen.

But now, it’s mid-July and soon, baseball will dominate the calendar. So, it’s high time to realize that the Brewers, Diamondbacks and Rockies are all currently holding down playoff spots and that you’ve missed a lot of great baseball.

Not to worry — here’s a list of some of the best plays from the season’s first half to get you caught up.

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