June 2, 2011

Tater Trot Tracker

Trot Times for June 1

by Larry Granillo

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Let's get right to the trots!

Home Run of the Day: Billy Butler, Kansas City Royals - N/A seconds [video]
A walkoff home run held up for umpire review with Butler standing around at second waiting to score. The umpires eventually came out with the right call giving Kansas City the 2-0 win. Does victory taste sweeter when you have to wait for it? (Because Butler was stopped at second-base, the trot is not timeable. As always, a trot must be continuous to count for the Tater Trot Tracker.)

Key late-inning home runs from Joey Votto and Adam Jones also had a case for Home Run of the Day. They didn't come combined with walkoff-replay drama, though.

Slowest Trot: Todd Helton, Colorado Rockies - 26.05 seconds [video]
David Ortiz and Miguel Cabrera both hit home runs on Wednesday, but they both gave some of their fastest trots of the year. Which gave us a perfect opportunity for Todd Helton, whose legs are somewhere between Vladimir Guerrero and Yogi Berra right now, to sneak to the top.

Quickest Trot: Kosuke Fukudome, Chicago Cubs - 18.77 seconds [video]
One of two leadoff home runs hit on Wednesday. Also one of only two home runs that clocked in under twenty-seconds.

All of Today's Trots

Todd Helton.........26.05     Kyle Phillips.......21.74
Miguel Cabrera......24.77     Joey Votto..........21.61*
Aubrey Huff.........24.51     Mike Stanton........21.48
David Ortiz.........24.21     Laynce Nix..........21.12
Nick Swisher........23.41     Jay Bruce...........21*
Brent Lillibridge...22.95     J.J. Hardy..........21
Ryan Roberts........22.86     Jason Michaels......20.68
Matt LaPorta........22.6      Rickie Weeks........20.67
Paul Konerko........22.59     Allen Craig.........20.61
Justin Turner.......22.52     Martin Prado........20.34
Drew Butera.........22.52     Josh Willingham.....19.88
Adam Jones..........22.29     Kosuke Fukudome.....18.77
John Buck...........21.97     Billy Butler........N/A
Rajai Davis.........21.85