0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/23/2010
I was busy experiencing one of the biggest thunderstorms Milwaukee’s seen in a long time this evening – a big enough thunderstorm that this Cadillac Escalade disappeared into a giant sinkhole in one part of town – so I didn’t realize the big news out of Yankee Stadium right away. But, thankfully, Twitter was there […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/22/2010
Home Run of the Day: Colin Curtis, New York Yankees (Trot Time: 21.39 seconds) [video] What in the world does Pedro Alvarez need to do to get some recognition around here? All the 23-year-old kid has done these last two days was hit two home runs in back-to-back games. That’s something worth getting excited about. Too […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/21/2010
Home Run of the Day: Aramis Ramirez, Chicago Cubs #3 (Trot Time: 23.7 seconds) [video] On a normal day, I would put Pittsburgh’s Pedro Alvarez here, who had not only his first career grand slam yesterday, but also his first career multi-homer day. But when Aramis Ramirez goes off for three home runs last night while […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/20/2010
Home Run of the Day: Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers (Trot Time: 23.42 seconds) [video] Albert Pujols [video], Mark Reynolds [video], and Mike Stanton [video] all hit ridiculously huge home runs last night, reminding us of what we miss the most from the late-90s power surge. Florida’s Donnie Murphy hit a walkoff blast to rightfield for the […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/19/2010
Home Run of the Day: Jhonny Peralta, Cleveland Indians (Trot Time: 16.74 seconds) [video] We’ve now had our thirteenth inside-the-park home run of the year and, as always, the story of how it came to be is interesting. With a long fly ball to centerfield, Tigers’ centerfielder Ryan Raburn raced it down to the wall. Stretching […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/18/2010
Home Run of the Day: Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers (Trot Time: 22.96 seconds) [video] This is Home Run of the Day mostly because of what happened in Prince’s next at-bat. The home run came in the 7th inning, and was the first run in a five-run inning off of Tommy Hanson. Leading off the 8th, Prince […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/17/2010
Home Run of the Day: Bengie Molina, Texas Rangers (Trot Time: 25.18 seconds) [video] Yankees fans would probably like me to highlight Nick Swisher‘s game-tying, eighth-inning home run that helped lead to their come-from-behind win on George Steinbrenner & Bob Sheppard memorial night, but instead I have to go with Bengie Molina‘s big night. His grand […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/16/2010
The All-Star Break really takes a lot out of a guy. I know it’s only been three days since I last did a Tater Trot Tracker update, but it feels like it’s been three weeks. It was nice not having to worry about clocking the trots for a few days, but I’m happy that baseball […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/13/2010
Using the average trot time so far this season for each of the eight Home Run Derby participants and the number of home runs they each hit in the Derby, I did a quick calculation to see just how much time we saved in not having to watch them trot around the bases after each […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/12/2010
Big Papi would like it if I shut up about his slow tater trots for once. Home Run of the Day: Corey Hart, Milwaukee Brewers (Trot Time: 20.98 seconds) [video] The season began with Corey Hart sitting on the bench while 95-year old Jim Edmonds took his spot in right field. The Brewers just didn’t seem […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo
I’m trying something out here, and I want to see what you think. I’ve mentioned before the two t-shirt styles I offer through the Tater Trot Tracker store – either “Savor the Moment” or “Swing Hard, Run Hard“, depending on your personal philosophy – but I wanted to try something new out. You should see a […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/11/2010
Home Run of the Day: Jose Lopez, Seattle Mariners (Trot Time: 22.97 seconds) [video] The Mariners weren’t able to manage a hit off of Javier Vazquez until there were two outs in the sixth inning, and he left the game after seven complete having given up only three hits and struck out seven. The Yankees were […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/10/2010
Home Run of the Day: Corey Patterson, Baltimore Orioles (Trot Time: 22.96 seconds) [video] In Philadelphia last night, big-hitting Cody Ransom socked a two-run, two-out home run in the bottom of the ninth to help complete the Phils’ six-run comeback and tie the game up at 7. Ryan Howard would come up in the 10th and […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/9/2010
Home Run of the Day: Brian Schneider, Philadelphia Phillies (Trot Time: 22.96 seconds) [video] Things were a little more manageable yesterday, with only 29 home runs hit across the league. Things were also a little boring. The most exciting of the home runs came in Philadelphia, when Brian Schneider won the game for the Phils […]
0 comments by Larry Granillo on 7/8/2010
A forty-seven home run day gives us a three-homer game, a walkoff, an inside-the-park home run, and a near-record tater trot… it was a pretty exciting day all-around. Home Run of the Day: Adam Dunn, Washington Nationals #2 (Trot Time: 24.9 seconds) [video] I refuse to believe that this was Adam Dunn‘s first career three-homer […]
