In case you missed the shocking news last night, David Ortiz etched his name into the history books again with his third 30-second trot of the season. Big Papi is now responsible for 4 of the 8 non-injury half-minute trots of the Tater Trot Tracker era. Just when you think Big Papi has done all he can on the bases, he adds something more. I still love it.
Now let’s get to the rest of the trots.
Home Run of the Day: David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox – 31.09 seconds [video]
You can read all about Papi’s latest half-minute trot here. There’s almost no words.
Slowest Trot: David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox – 31.09 seconds [video]
In other slow trot news, Detroit’s Victor Martinez had himself quite the journey on the bases on Saturday. The official trot time for V-Mart clocks in at 28.09 seconds, but there’s a little uncertainty there. Thanks to the imperfect camera work, it’s very difficult to know exactly which foot touched home plate. I feel pretty good about using this as the official trot time, but there’s a chance that it may have been a bit quicker. Either way, we know that Martinez was at least three seconds quicker than Papi, no matter how slow he was.
Quickest Trot: Carlos Gomez, Milwaukee Brewers – 16.9 seconds [video]
On the flip side of the coin is this trot from Gomez. A leadoff moonshot off the glass in the third deck of Miller Park, Gomez sped around the bases at top speed before slowing down on the home stretch. I still think he can challenge Adam Rosales for fastest non-inside-the-parker one of these days, but he’s got to stop slowing down at the end!
All of Today's Trots David Ortiz.........31.09 George Springer.....21.87 Victor Martinez.....28.09* Justin Morneau......21.86 Aramis Ramirez......25.3 Matt Kemp...........21.76 Paul Konerko........25.12 Chris Iannetta......21.59 Miguel Cabrera......24.69* Adam Jones..........21.54 Nelson Cruz.........24.61 Corey Dickerson #1..21.5 Brian Dozier........24.51 David Wright........21.18 Casey McGehee.......24.04 Jimmy Rollins.......20.58 Troy Tulowitzki.....23.55 C.J. Cron...........20.52 Chase Headley.......23.54 Jonathan Lucroy.....19.84 John Jaso...........22.19 Dustin Ackley.......19.25 Justin Smoak........22.19 Charlie Blackmon....19.12 Corey Dickerson #2..22.15 Danny Espinosa......18.65 Seth Smith..........22.15 Carlos Gomez........16.9 Joey Votto..........22.02 Mark Teixeira.......N/A
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