Padres skipper: Colon homer left me speechless

Bartolo Colon accomplished the unthinkable on Saturday when he walloped a 90-mph fastball from San Diego Padres right-hander James Shields into the left-field stands for the first home run of his long-tenured career in the bigs.

The dinger sent shock waves throughout baseball, as the 42-year-old wonder galloped around the bases with a huge grin on his face, and in the process left Padres manager Andy Green in complete amazement.

"Certain things leave you speechless," the skipper told reporters after the game. "Don't know what odds were at Kentucky Derby for trifecta today, but that swing had a lot longer odds than that."

Shields, who couldn't do anything but stare into the distance after allowing the long ball, wasn't interested in answering questions about Colon's history-making home run in postgame comments, specifically asking for a new question when it was brought up.

Colon was a little more chipper than his counterpart, and rightfully so, in discussing the home run, which he says isn't the first time he's gone yard in his playing days.

"Once I hit it I knew it was gone. The ball travels well in San Diego," he joked. "I hit a lot of home runs, but in the Dominican playing softball."

It took 19 seasons for Colon to hit his first career home run, which made him the oldest player in baseball history to record his first big knock.

He also soared by a number of players on this season's home run list with the homer, including Jason Heyward, Carlos Gomez, Nick Markakis and Chase Headley.

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