Bautista Bombs Away in New York

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Mike

Baseball’s home run king has done it again. Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays, hit a solo shot off Bartolo Colon of the Yankees for his 19th home run of the season (see it here)

Home Run King Goes Deep Again

For Bautista that’s his 6th home run and 8th RBI in his last 5 road games. This one soared 399 feet over the left center field wall in Yankee Stadium, sending the Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory over my Yankees.  Bautista is now averaging one home run every 7.56 At Bats and if you extrapolate his numbers – with 19 homers in May, he could end up with 57 by the end of the season.

Bautista is the bomb, leading the Majors in home runs, 2nd in batting average at .353 and 12th overall in RBI with 32. He is an All Star to be sure. Imagine if he played for the Yankees, Dodgers, Cardinals or Red Sox – any team but Toronto – and he’d be on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

About Mike

Mike Luery is an award-winning journalist with 25 years on TV and radio. Currently, he is the political reporter for KCRA-TV, the top-ranked station in Sacramento. This is Luery's second tour of duty with KCRA, where he was also a reporter from 1984 - 2000. In between, he was NBC's Capitol Bureau Chief in California and a reporter for CBS 13 in Sacramento. Luery lives in northern California with his wife Carol. Baseball Between Us is his first book.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.