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Tater Trot Tracker |
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October 3, 2012 1:56 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for October 2 |
The tater trots for October 2: Chris Davis keeps Baltimore in the hunt for the AL East title with a record-home run.
It's the last day of the season and all sorts of things still matter in today's games (including home runs!). I'll take that.
October 2, 2012 2:11 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for October 1 |
The tater trots for October 1: Miguel Cabrera closes the refrigerator door...
It was a busy, busy weekend. On Friday, Bobby Abreu set the Tater Trot Tracker record for slowest non-injury-related trot. Then, on Saturday, Michael Morse set a record of his own, with one of the most bizarre grand slam trots you'll ever see. Morse's trot is also (likely) the longest trot by distance-traveled you or I have ever seen.
September 30, 2012 1:21 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Michael Morse's Totally Bizarre Grand Slam Trot |
A very bizarre thing happened in St. Louis on Saturday.
In St. Louis Saturday, Washington's Michael Morse hit a grand slam early in the game. It was an interesting experience. Watch it yourself:
September 29, 2012 9:51 am
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for Sept. 28: Bobby Abreu, All Alone |
The trot times for Sept. 28, when Bobby Abreu has the slowest non-injury related trot recorded.
Apologies for the missing Tater Trot Tracker the last few days. The real world got pretty busy there for a few days. Luckily, it's a great day to return to the tracker because...
September 25, 2012 2:24 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 24 |
The tater trots for September 24: Josh Hamilton (and a bunch of other players) are suddenly challenging Miguel Cabrera for the HR crown.
Apparently there was some kind of furor over a bad call in the football game last night thanks to some replacement referees? Phew. At least baseball fans never have to worry about bad calls mucking up their game...
September 24, 2012 2:18 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 23 |
The tater trots for September 23. Geovany Soto and Brendan Ryan find themselves on the outside looking in - but just barely.
In last night's Emmy Awards, both Jake Taylor and Crash Davis won awards. It's not everyday you see retiring catchers making waves in Hollywood. Good for them.
September 23, 2012 3:08 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 22 |
The tater trots for September 22. Miguel Cabrera takes the Triple Crown lead.
Let's get right to those trots!
September 22, 2012 1:08 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 21 |
The tater trots for September 21: Darwin Barney makes things difficult for the Cardinals, Adam Eaton joins the top ten.
It's the last weekend of summer and there's no time to waste. Let's get to the trots!
September 20, 2012 2:30 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 19 |
The tater trots for September 19: big nights for Adam Jones, Matt Kemp and Ryan Howard, Miguel Cabrera marches towards the Triple Crown.
Three rainouts on Tuesday meant that we had a couple of doubleheaders last night. Overall, there were 17 games played around the league - and only 21 home runs hit. I think that means we're getting into the cold and soggy parts of the season.
September 18, 2012 1:33 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 17 |
The tater trots for September 17: the Pirates and Cubs play a late game, Dan Uggla blasts a bomb in Miami.
The Pirates played the Cubs last night in Chicago. And this morning. The 7pm game was delayed by rain until nearly 10:45pm and didn't end until 1:30am. Sadly, there were no home runs for the roughly 1,000 fans who watched the game to chase. Foul balls were easy prey, however. Sometime after they won the game, the Pirates flew back to Pittsburgh to face the Brewers tonight. Ah, the life of a potential playoff team can be difficult in September!
September 17, 2012 2:57 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 16 |
The tater trots from September 16 (and the weekend). Anthony Rizzo spoiled the Pirates day in a big way, Ryan Braun had his own big day.
After yesterday's games, there are now exactly two weekends of regular season baseball left. And, lucky for us, things are just now getting really interesting! With the recent poor play by Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and St. Louis, we are on the verge of seeing three possible playoff teams choke in the final month of the season. Of course, a lot can happen in 17 games...
September 14, 2012 2:24 pm
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 13 |
The tater trots for September 13: Edwin Encarnacion has 40 home runs, Josh Willingham has 34.
It was another sparse slate of games on Thursday, and this time the number of home runs hit matched it, as there were only ten home runs across the league. In fact, there were nearly as many amazing throwing plays around the majors as there were home runs, including this beautiful Yadier Molina throw, this nearly-as-beautiful toss from Erik Kratz, and this throw from Carlos Beltran that nailed Josh Beckett at first on what should have been a single.
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