Colon shares Player of the Week honors after historic HR
The league isn't letting Bartolo Colon's memorable week go unforgotten.
The portly New York Mets starter, who hit his first career home run on Saturday at the age of 42, was named alongside Chicago Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist as the National League's co-Player of the Week on Monday.
"I think right now this is probably the biggest moment of my career," he said after becoming the oldest player ever to hit his first career home run.
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Colon's home run wasn't his only impressive stat of the last seven days, though. The right-hander also struck out five in 6 2/3 innings against the San Diego Padres, prefaced by a scoreless eight-inning performance against the Atlanta Braves on Monday when he struck out seven and only allowed seven hits.
Zobrist, meanwhile, batted .360/.455/.880 during the week.
Robinson Cano, the American League's sole recipient of the award, hit a near-unbelievable .516/.516/1.000, launching four home runs from May 2-8.