Yay for old fat guys; Bartolo Colon hits HR

[glenn1]

So Padres pitcher James Shields will go down in history as the guy who served up a meatball that 42 year old, 280+ pounds Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon took out for a HR. The dude took 30+ seconds just to do his HR trot, which is just 5 seconds faster than the slowest recorded trot and that dude pulled his hamstring rounding first base.

Here's some prime examples of the Babe Ruthian hitting skills of the immortal Bartolo Colon.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/05/bartolo-colon-new-york-mets-home-run-miracles-do-happen

 

[edro]

Heh, good for him.
He looks like Peter Griffin trying to baseball.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Heh, good for him.
He looks like Peter Griffin trying to baseball.

Wasn't there an episode where Peter was on the Patriots and he turned out to be impossible to tackle?

 

[Sho'Nuff]

I love watching Colon pitch. One of the only guys in the Majors who throws harder in the 7th than he did in the first. Takes 2-3 innings for his legs to warm up.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

Colon rules. He's been around for so long.

 

[mnewsham]

Fifth oldest to get a home run, and I believe also the oldest to get his FIRST home run.

 

[Drako]

Fat farts rule... Chief Wahooooooooooooooo ...

 

[brianmanahan]

i remember when he just started playing for the tribe, and wasn't nearly that portly

man, time does fly. but bartolo does not.

 

[kranky]

The man has some skills. How about his behind-the-back throw to get an out at first? http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/0/v454032083/nym-mia-colon-makes-a-superb-behind-the-back-play

 

[edro]

The man has some skills. How about his behind-the-back throw to get an out at first? http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/0/v454032083/nym-mia-colon-makes-a-superb-behind-the-back-play

He barely flipped his wrist! Nice!

 

[gorcorps]

I bet all those twats taking steroids feel pretty stupid now. By the looks of it they should just be taking donuts.

 

[twinrider1]

Video. And this was my favorite call of the historic event.

 

[Cal166]

That was just Amazing!

 

[Chiropteran]

Was he supposed to hold onto the bat while he ran around the bases? That doesn't seem right.

 

[thesmokingman]

The first pic reminded me of Chris Farley as John Kruk. lol

 

[glenn1]

Was he supposed to hold onto the bat while he ran around the bases? That doesn't seem right.

He normally holds onto the bat since typically he just grounds out and heads straight for the dugout. The dude carries the bat even for extra base hits like where he legs out this double, but I bet the HR bat will be a keeper for his collection though.

The dude is a hoot to watch and I hope he doesn't decide to retire for another few years.

 

[zinfamous]

Was he supposed to hold onto the bat while he ran around the bases? That doesn't seem right.

You think this dude is ever going to drop that bat?

 

[zinfamous]

The first pic reminded me of Chris Farley as John Kruk. lol

OH man, when he realizes he is in the wrong city for the WS and Kevin Nealon informs him that Toronto won....

Kruk is an awesome dude, though. One of the seasons early in his career, in AA or AAA, he lived in a trailer in the stadium parking lot, or just out behind the stadium (I forget the team). He had a 24-hour open door policy, where anyone in town could just drop by and hang out with him over many beers for however long and chat.

 

[SP33Demon]

I bet all those twats taking steroids feel pretty stupid now. By the looks of it they should just be taking donuts.

Yeah, colon was actually popped for roids before. Then he tried stem cell therapy on his arm with the angels (which is a grey area). All of sudden he was throwing 96 again. It was unreal. So good things can come out of roids I guess if done right. No way in hell he's throwing 96 again just because of "stem cell therapy" which isn't even proven to work.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...stem-cell-doc-thought-pitch-article-1.2196909

colon reminds me of the little tugboat who could.

 

[NoCreativity]

Lol

Ted Berg
‎@OGTedBerg

Whoever called the Kentucky Derby the greatest two minutes in sports hasn't seen Bartolo Colon's home run trot.

 

[Thebobo]

I bet all those twats taking steroids feel pretty stupid now. By the looks of it they should just be taking donuts.

Lol :thumbsup:

 

[Sho'Nuff]

I bet all those twats taking steroids feel pretty stupid now. By the looks of it they should just be taking donuts.

Prince Fielder and David Ortiz obviously subscribe to the Colon school of power hitting.

 

[glenn1]

http://nypost.com/2016/05/18/bartolo-colon-applies-for-big-sexy-trademark/

Also, holy crap on the Reds bullpen being like record breaking bad, worst ever since 1961 terrible. When you allow a run scored in 23 straight games you know you're John Travolta in Battlefield Earth kind of bad.

Reds bullpen stats and ranks, 1961-present

ERA: 6.44 (1,476th out of 1,476)
FIP: 6.09 (1,476th out of 1,476)
HR/9: 2.04 (1,476th out of 1,476)
BB%: 11.6% (1,390th out of 1,476)

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-can-we-say-about-this-reds-bullpen/

 

[glenn1]

In case you ever wanted to know what it was like to be hit in the face by a 92 MPH fastball here you go:

http://m.mlb.com/video/v729707083/c...-on-hbp-that-scores-run/?query=ryan+vogelsong