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10 memorable moments from the season to date
- Updated: May 30, 2016
It’s Memorial Day — a time to pay tribute to the people who fought for our freedoms and lost their lives.
This is also time to enjoy a baseball season still in its early stages — one that’s already provided plenty of memories for fans of all ages.
Here’s a Memorial Day look at 10 Memorable Moments from the first two months of baseball’s 2016 campaign:
1. Bartolo Colon became the oldest player in Major League history to hit the first home run of his career. The Mets’ right-hander connected for the home run at Petco Park off Padres pitcher James Shields in the second inning on May 7 — 17 days before he turned 43.
“Bartolo has done it,” said Mets announcer Gary Cohen. “The impossible has happened.”
Colon is a career .090 hitter, who has struck out in 126 of 234 at-bats to date. His home run prompted Topps to make a special card — 8,826 of which were sold in the first 24 hours they were available. Clark Toys also produced a bobble head in which the stomach also bobbles.
2. Jake Arrieta threw the first no-hitter of the season, the second of his career, and his second in a span of 11 starts in a 16-0 victory against the Reds on April 21. It was the most lopsided no-hitter in history.
Arrieta also no-hit the Dodgers on Aug. 30 last season. With his latest gem, he became the 30th modern-day pitcher with multiple no-hitters. Nolan Ryan holds the all-time record with seven. Sandy Koufax had four. Bob Feller, Larry Corcoran and Cy Young had three apiece. The other 25 pitched two.
3. David Ortiz of the Red Sox celebrated what he has said will be his final season on May 8 with two home runs. That gave him 512 for his career. He not only passed Mel Ott (511) on the all-time list, but moved into a tie with Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews in 22nd place.
Ortiz has since moved into sole possession of 22nd place with 517 after he homered on Monday. That leaves him four behind Willie McCovey, Frank Thomas and Ted Williams, who are tied for 19th.
4. Trevor Story took advantage of veteran Jose Reyes’ season-opening suspension to win the Rockies’ starting shortstop job, and quickly made an impression. He became the sixth player in history to hit two home runs in his Major League debut, the first to do it on Opening Day.
Story also set an overall record …
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