Home Run of the Day: Stephen Drew, Arizona Diamondbacks (Trot Time: 19.95 seconds) [video]
When Adam LaRoche dug in to face Dave Bush in the fourth inning of last night’s ballgame, there was one out and the D-backs were down 2-0. Four at-bats later, there was still one out in the fourth but the D-backs were now leading 4-2 after having hit four consecutive home runs. Laroche, Miguel Montero, Mark Reynolds, and Stephen Drew all hit home runs in the back-to-back-to-back-to-back marathon, and all four homers were hit off of Dave Bush. Drew finished up the barrage with the quickest trot of the bunch.
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Slowest Trot: Bobby Abreu, Los Angeles Angels – 26.31 seconds [video]
One of four trots to top 25 seconds yesterday, Abreu’s tater at least had the good sense to be a walkoff home run. The other three (Melvin Mora, Miguel Montero, and Hanley Ramirez) had no such special significance. I have to say, I enjoyed Abreu’s celebration. Watch the home run. I don’t know if they were still shy because of what happened to Kendry Morales, or if it was just a weird production decision, but the on-field camera man stood near home plate with his camera up close to the plate. Because of that, the rest of the Angels had to give Abreu some space before he softly jumped onto the plate and then was mobbed by his teammates. I don’t think we’ll see that celebration again, but it was a good one.
Quickest Trot: Ian Desmond, Washington Nationals #2 – 18.15 seconds [video]
Desmond hit two home runs for the Nationals last night (sandwiched around the absolute bombs from Adam Dunn and Florida’s Mike Stanton & Hanley Ramirez), and both trots were in contention for fastest of the day. His first came in at 18.48 seconds, putting it in third place behind Marlon Byrd‘s 18.32 second trot. As is usually the case with Byrd, he easily could’ve had the quickest trot of the day if only he had ran through home plate instead of stopping up like a cartoon character trying not to run into a wall. From what I saw, Byrd’s time could’ve easily been around 17.7 seconds. Desmond, though, was more than deserving.
