Saturday, June 12, 2010

I Checked: Peter

Well, Jenn, I was right. Somewhere out in the ether was the info on who were the prior three hitters in MLB history to Slam in their first MLB at bat. I'd already mentioned that Kouzmanoff was the most recent. The other two: coincidentally enough, our own Jeremy Hermida (while playing for the Marlins in 2005--a pinch hit, no less) and, no-one would EVER guess this--Hell, no-one would ever likely guess any of the prior trio!--Bill Dugelby. Yes, THAT Bill Dugelby! Played for the Phils and accomplished the feat fairly recently--on April 21, 1898 against the NY Giants. As my old baseball humorist and quote source, Casey Stengel, would say (all together now), "You could look it up!"

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