fish7718 Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 (edited) What can you do in 30 seconds or less? According to wezen-ball.com, Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz can't run the bases after a home run in that time span, which he proved in the top of the second inning on Monday night in Tampa Bay. Wezen-ball.com has a "Tater Trot Tracker," which times major league home run trots. According to the tracker, Papi's trot lasted 30.59 seconds, a 2010 major league high this season, from batter's box to home plate. Before Big Papi bashers run rampant in the comments section, the slow slugger stumbled out of the gate, as he bumped into home plate umpire Tim Tschida while leaving the batter's box. Tschida ran out from behind the catcher and raced up the line to get a better view on whether the ball stayed fair or went foul. Larry Granillo, the author of the post, goes on to compare Papi's time to that of Adam Rosales, whom Granillo proves to be "the quickest (non-inside-the-park) trotter in the game." Rosales hit a big blast back on April 28 and managed to get around the bags in 15.89 seconds -- almost half the amount of time it took the Sox DH on Monday. Ortiz obviously isn't the quickest guy in the league, as proven by the top 10 slowest trotters this season. 1. Ortiz - May 24, 30.59 (seconds)2. Ortiz - May 17, 29.813. Ortiz - May 14 (No. 2), 29.424. Alex Gonzalez - Apr. 21, 29.285. Ortiz - May 14 (No. 1), 29.076. Ortiz - May 1 (No. 2), 28.957. Orlando Cabrera - May 5, 28.908. Jose Guillen - Apr. 11 (No. 2), 28.369. Bengie Molina - Apr. 12, 27.95t- 10. Guillen - Apr. 12, 27.89t-10. Miguel Cabrera - Apr. 8, 27.89 And as for the MLB's quickest trotters, Roselas holds the top two spots. 1. Rosales - Apr. 11, 15.86 (seconds)2. Rosales - Apr. 28, 15.873. Chris Heisey - May 19, 17.114. Jason Heyward - Apr. 20, 17.185. Joey Votto - May 4, 17.456. Michael Saunders - May 9, 17.537. Eric Patterson - May 15, 17.578. Scott Rolen - May 4, 17.599. Felipe Lopez - May 18, 17.6110. Orlando Hudson - April 17, 17.64 Somwhere, Joe West is having a fit.Source lol @ Joe West comment, I watched the video and you could tell it was taking longer than it should to trot the bases the ball got out and he was about 1/4 of the way down the line then they showed a replay and everything and he wasn't even at second base yet. Edited May 25, 2010 by Fish7718 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Yeah Rosales FLIES around the bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Out of the park HR sprinters always make me chuckle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 "It's only entertainment!" Quit your [expletive]ing, waste the energy on something worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Rosales - http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8095235 Vs Ortiz - http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8316537&c_id=bos&topic_id=8878860 priceless lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog17k Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Arn't you supposed to take your time when you hit a homer? But not too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Rosales - http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8095235 Vs Ortiz - http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8316537&c_id=bos&topic_id=8878860 priceless lol http://www.ayo4theo.com/stuff/pics/haters-gonna-hate.gif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 If you don't want them to admire their HR, don't let it happen. That's how I look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 If you don't want them to admire their HR, don't let it happen. That's how I look at it.Did you watch the video? lol it has nothing to do with admiring his homerun it was him basically walk around the bases. It doesn't make me angry anyway it's just sad how slow he is around the bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Big Sloppy ftw ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 http://www.ayo4theo.com/stuff/pics/haters-gonna-hate.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 no big deal, the old roided up cheater can't even make contact most of the time, so its not like you have to worry about it too much 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 what a fat [expletive].....he doesnt need to worry he doesn't hit too many anymore......i guess he got tired of the 'roids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 what a fat [expletive].....he doesnt need to worry he doesn't hit too many anymore......i guess he got tired of the 'roids. I don't like him much, but the irony of this post is too much to take. . Assuming you are a Yankees fan, he has more HR's than Texiera and A-Roid. Also, the Yankees are the LAST team to be talking about people using roids. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Did you watch the video? lol it has nothing to do with admiring his homerun it was him basically walk around the bases. It doesn't make me angry anyway it's just sad how slow he is around the bases.http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/i/30403/original/YouMad.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/i/30403/original/YouMad.jpghttp://www.o--rly.com/owl_orly.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 http://www.o--rly.com/owl_orly.pngyea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 yeaExplain to me, why am I mad at how fast David Ortiz runs around the bases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trutrojan8 Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 no big deal, the old roided up cheater can't even make contact most of the time, so its not like you have to worry about it too muchhahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog17k Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 no big deal, the old roided up cheater can't even make contact most of the time, so its not like you have to worry about it too much This is probably his last year with Boston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 This is probably his last year with Boston.12 million dollar option next year, unless Boston makes the playoffs or he takes a huge paycut he's gone for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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