Brains and Brawn

The Brewers Ryan Braun went deep for a league leading 10th time yesterday. That puts him on pace for close to 65 HR's and has his derby owners looking real smart.

Catching Fire

Catcher is not usually looked at as a position of offensive production. But this year the NYY have not 1 but 2 players hitting the long ball that are Catcher eligible. Russell Martin and Jorge Posada are tied for the most HR's amongst MLB Catchers. They each have 6 and have helped the NYY lead MLB with a total 36 team HR's. This pace would shatter the All-time MLB record for a team which is 264 by the Seattle Mariners in 1997.

J-Walking

On Thursday April 14th, Johnny Damon became the first player in MLB history to hit a walk-off HR for 5 different teams. Those teams are the Royals, Red Sox, Yankees, Tigers and now Rays. He has 6 career walk-offs. There are 5 players tied for the all-time lead with 12 walk-off HR's.

You Can't Hit HR's at Citi Field???

Met fans know that Citi Field has not been kind to players looking to put up power numbers. Just ask Jason Bay about his experience. But don't try telling that to Troy Tulowitzki. In the recent 4 games series at Citi Field, Tulo jacked out a deep ball in each of those games. He now leads the majors with 7 HR's. I can picture Mugatu(Will Ferrell) sitting with his dog in the Mets dugout saying "It's that damn Tulowitzki. He's so hot right now!"

Manny Being Manny

After testing positive for PED's for the 3rd time in his career, Manny Ramirez has decided to retire from baseball. Manny steps away ranked 14th All-time with 555 career HR's. This year he ranked 3rd among active players for career HR's behind Arod and Jim Thome. He is the All-time leader with 29 post-season HR's. Manny was filthy with the bases loaded recording 22 career Grand Slams, 2nd only to Lou Gehrig. Needless to say Manny is one of the best pure hitters of our lifetime. Unfortunately for him he may never see the Hall of Fame because of the steroid controversy that surrounds him. In the words of Will Ferrell (AKA Chaz) in Wedding Crashers, "WHAT AN IDIOT!"

Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz became the 3rd player in MLB history to start the season with HR's in his teams first 4 games. The other 2 players are Hall of Famer Willie Mays(1971) and admitted juicer Mark McGwire (1998). 1998 was also the year that McGwire broke Roger Maris' HR record finishing with 70 dingers. Which we all know was then broken by Mr Balco himself Barry Bonds. Who is now getting his testicles measured by our federal government to see if he has experienced "shrinkage".

Jason Heyward

Atlanta Braves Star, Jason Heyward, became the 2nd player in MLB history to start his career with consecutive Opening Day HR's in his first AB. He shares that record with ex-Met Kaz Matsui.

The Grandy Man Can! (I hate John Sterling)

NYY OF Curtis Granderson homered for the 3rd consecutive opening day.

The Texas Connection

On Sunday April 3rd, Texas OF Nelson Cruz and 2B Ian Kinsler become the first teammates to hit HR's in their teams opening 3 games. The power numbers from Cruz were expected, but the power surge from Kinsler has his owners looking real good