Well, I’m finally back from the SABR 40 convention in Atlanta, where I had a great time visiting the city, the ballpark, and meeting new people. It’s something I most assuredly want to do again next year, and you’ll likely hear about it once or twice in the near future. I’m sorry for the lack of Tater Trot Tracker posts over the weekend, though. I expected to be able to do them while I was away, but I decided that I didn’t want to waste almost $15/day on internet charges. Of course, that means I now have 146 home runs to make up for in the next few days. I guess that shows pretty well why I need to keep this up-to-date on a daily basis…
Home Run of the Day: Jim Thome, Minnesota Twins (Trot Time: 24.04 seconds) [video]
“When in doubt, go with the Hall of Famer who just keeps mashing home runs long after everyone thought he was washed-up”, that’s what I always say.
Oh wait, I don’t? Well, I’m saying it now anyway. Thome is just too great of a story to pass up, especially when there’s nothing else all that memorable happening that day.
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Slowest Trot: Ramon Castro, Chicago White Sox – 24.9 seconds [video]
Watching this replay, I would have certainly guessed that Castro’s trot was somewhere in the 26-27 second range. I suppose he should be glad, then, that’s not even 25-seconds. Of course, on a day like yesterday, that’s enough to be the slowest of the day. Not that it wasn’t deserving…
Quickest Trot: Jayson Werth, Philadelphia Phillies – 19.32 seconds [video]
Both Werth and Raul Ibanez did a great job of flying around the bases after their pair of straight-away home runs, but it was Werth who came in with the best time (Ibanez was second at 19.59 seconds). They were also the only two trots (out of 20) to come in at under twenty-seconds.
