Home Run of the Day: Corey Hart, Milwaukee Brewers (Trot Time: 23.43 seconds) [video]
The Mets’ Johan Santana and the Brewers Yovani Gallardo traded zeroes all game. Gallardo came out in the ninth despite having thrown 100 pitches already in a 0-0 game and shut down the Mets. With the Brewers batting in the bottom of the ninth and needing to score a run to reward Gallardo for his 9-inning shutout, Corey Hart stepped to the plate with two outs and Ryan Braun on first. He golfed the 1-1 pitch into the Brewers bullpen to win the game. Now that’s a ballgame.
(Here’s where I point out that I’m going to two Brewers-Mets games this weekend, and the only game I didn’t have tickets to was this awesome pitcher’s duel. It’s okay, I guess. I get to see Manny Parra and Fernando Nieve trade punches all day today…)
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Slowest Trot: Victor Martinez, Boston Red Sox – 27.49 seconds [video]
Miguel Cabrera hit three home runs for the Tigers yesterday and, if it wasn’t for Victor Martinez‘s slow trot around the bases, Cabrera’s trots would rank one through three on the slowest trot list for the day.
Quickest Trot: Tyler Colvin, Chicago Cubs – 17.28 seconds [video]
A pinch-hit home run for Tyler Colvin made him easily the quickest trotter of the day, as he pushes himself onto the leaderboard. Colvin’s interesting – he hit the first home run of his career in April and each subsequent home run trot has been quicker than the first. The way he took off after yesterday’s home run bodes well for future trots – there are few players who have the mindset to run out of the box like that, and I get the feeling that it doesn’t leave a player very easily.
