It was a hot one around the country yesterday, helping lead us to a nice 38-homer day. We can probably expect more of the same today.
Let's get right to the trots!
Home Run of the Day: Josh Hamilton, Los Angeles Angels – 18.93* seconds [video]
Down by four with two outs in the ninth inning, the Angels beat the Red Sox on this walkoff home run from Josh Hamilton in the 11th inning. Hard to complain about that.
Slowest Trot: Alfonso Soriano #1, Chicago Cubs – 25.89* seconds [video]
The big blast from Soriano came on his second home run, when he dropped his bat with quite the flourish.
On Friday, David Ortiz hit his 17th home run of the season. Somewhere along the way, he lost his way around the bases and didn't find his way home for 29.61 seconds. That was nearly 3 seconds slower than Adrian Beltre's 26.69 second trot, which was outlandishly slow on its own.
Quickest Trot: Derek Dietrich, Miami Marlins – 18.58 seconds [video]
A simple, quick trot to take the crown for the day. A bit slow for Dietrich, however.
All of Today's Trots Alfonso Soriano.= #1..25.89* Martin Prado..........21.68 Jesus Guzman..........25* Miguel Cabrera........21.54 Alfonso Soriano #2....24.86 Tim Federowicz........21.52 Carlos Gonzalez.......24.79 Jake Elmore...........21.51 Chris Davis...........24.4 Prince Fielder........21.35 Nelson Cruz...........24.33 Pedro Alvarez.........21.23 Miguel Montero........24.04 Andrelton Simmons.....20.86 Brian Dozier..........23.88 Ryan Raburn...........20.75 Nick Swisher..........23.83 Dan Uggla.............20.48 Adam LaRoche..........23.58 Marlon Byrd...........20.32 Josh Donaldson........23.23 Brandon Barnes........20.26 Torii Hunter..........23.11 Jason Castro..........20.12 Geovany Soto..........23.01 Michael Young.........20.04 Jonathan Lucroy.......22.93* Kyle Seager...........19.91 Jason Heyward.........22.61 Howie Kendrick........19.82 Matt Adams............22.58 Logan Morrison........19 Paul Goldschmidt......22.44 Josh Hamilton.........18.93* Mike Trout............21.86 Derek Dietrich........18.58 Mike Moustakas........21.69 John Buck.............N/A Friday's Trots David Ortiz........29.61 Chase Headley......22.18 Adrian Beltre......26.69 Nelson Cruz........22.01 Ryan Howard........25.22 Jose Bautista......21.93 Matt Wieters.......24.76 Kelly Johnson......21.37 Jose Molina........24.76 Carlos Quentin.....21.36 Mike Napoli........23.87 Juan Uribe.........20.69 Juan Francisco.....23.32 Michael Saunders...20.54 Scott Hairston.....23.15 David Murphy.......19.85 Dan Uggla..........22.93 Howie Kendrick.....19.4 Joey Votto.........22.75 Logan Morrison.....19.3 Humberto Quintero..22.22 Nick Franklin......19.19
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