Can't Keep Up With The National Pastime
Josh Hamilton :: Joy R. Absalon-US PRESSWIRE
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This has to be the craziest start to a Major League Baseball season ever. Every day there seems to be three or four awesome/surreal/wild things that happen. Off the top of my head, we've seen a perfect game by White Sox pitcher
Phil Humber on the same day the Yankees erased a 9-0 deficit against the Red Sox. Angels pitcher
Jered Weaver tossed a no-hitter. Orioles first baseman
Chris Davis picked up a win in a 17-inning marathon. Angels slugger
Albert Pujols took six weeks to hit his first homer. Rockies pitcher
Jamie Moyer became the oldest player in history to win a game at age 49. Tigers outfielder
Delmon Young was arrested on hate crime charges. The greatest closer in the history of the game blew out his knee shagging fly balls. Dodgers slugger
Matt Kemp has already hit 12 home runs. Nationals rookie
Bryce Harper was called up and became a national story for his play and for getting plunked on purpose by Phillies pitcher
Cole Hamels. The season has also seen teams that experts didn't expect much from (Mets, A's, Orioles) getting off to solid starts while clubs that were considered contenders (Angels, Marlins, Red Sox) have struggled. The crazy MLB train rolled along last night with Rangers outfielder
Josh Hamilton belting four home runs against the Orioles, and the A's beating the Blue Jays on a walk-off grand slam by
Brandon Inge (released just a couple of weeks ago by the Tigers). That created
this awesome scene at home plate.