September 8, 2012

Tater Trot Tracker

Trot Times for September 7

by Larry Granillo

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It's a beautiful September weekend so let's get right to the trots!

Home Run of the Day: Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers - 22.67 seconds [video]
A two-and-a-half hour rain delay meant that the game between the Brewers and Cardinals in St. Louis didn't begin until 9:35pm. A thirteen inning game meant that game wouldn't be over until well into the wee hours of the night. This go-ahead home run from Ryan Braun, his 38th of the year, meant that the Brewers were finally able to win the game at 2:05am. How many fans stayed until the end?

Also in consideration for the Home Run of the Day was Matt Dominguez, who hit a go-ahead, three-run home run off Cincinnati closer Aroldis Chapman in the ninth inning last night for the Astros. That doesn't happen very often against the hard-throwing reliever.

Slowest Trot: Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals - 24.45 seconds [video]
If things had gone the other way in St. Louis, there's a good chance that this blast from Molina would have been the Home Run of the Day instead. The eighth-inning blast tied the game at 4 and ushered in the entire 13-inning affair. At 24.45 seconds, this is a rather pedestrian trot. It just happened to fall on a night when no one else (despite 37 home runs being hit across the league) trotted slower. Alex Rodriguez, who hit his 300th home run as a Yankee, was right behind Molina with a 24.42 second trot. Ryan Zimmerman, who seemed to enjoy his home run a bit more than usual, was number three with a 24.35 second trot.

Quickest Trot: Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox - 18.87 seconds [video]
You'd think that, with such a not-so-slow slowest trot, the quickest trot of the day might be a bit better. However, it looks like the day was just filled with perfectly uninteresting trots, as Pedroia's 18.87 second trot is the quickest of the day.

All of Today's Trots

Yadier Molina......24.45  George Kottaras....21.74*
Alex Rodriguez.....24.42  Alex Avila.........21.48
Ryan Zimmerman.....24.35  Lorenzo Cain #1....21.46
Russell Martin.....24.02  Russ Canzler.......21.36
Dan Uggla..........23.9	  Robert Andino......20.77
Mauro Gomez........23.03  Dewayne Wise.......20.29
Ryan Braun.........22.67  Adam Kennedy.......20.05
Alexei Ramirez.....22.63* Justin Maxwell.....19.91
Edwin Encarnacion..22.33  Matt Dominguez.....19.78
Salvador Perez.....22.3	  Manny Machado......19.71
Adam Jones.........22.12  Lorenzo Cain #2....19.65*
Chase Headley #1...22.09  Jason Heyward......19.58
Colby Rasmus.......22.05  Michael Young......19.55
Evan Longoria......22.04  Michael Morse......19.5
Prince Fielder.....21.92  Chase Headley #2...19.4
AJ Pierzynski......21.91  Rob Brantly........19.16
Ben Zobrist........21.87* Giancarlo Stanton..19.04
Steve Pearce.......21.85  Dustin Pedroia.....18.87
Moises Sierra......21.81

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