Being Bartolo: Top 10 moments of Colon's career
Bartolo Colon knows how to draw a crowd.
Every time he climbs on the mound or steps up to the plate, you never know what's going to happen. Usually, it's something exciting, and Saturday's home run was a perfect example of that.
Normally, Colon's helmet goes farther than the ball. But when he hit his homer against James Shields, it was the most worthless home run that meant everything.
Here are the top 10 moments of the superstar's career.
10. Bartolo the one-man rundown
Colon caught A.J. Pierzynski sleeping, and instead of utilizing his much more agile teammates in a rundown, he got the out without making a throw.
9. Bartolo robs BP home run
At first glance, this could've very well been like the time Mariano Rivera suffered a season-ending injury. But Colon is solid and made this catch - much to his own surprise.
8. Bartolo carries ball into dugout after strikeout
There's nothing worse for a pitcher than striking out by way of bunting the third strike foul. Colon did just that, and took the ball with him.
7. Bartolo slips in concourse
As graceful as Colon looks on the mound, sometimes he still has trouble walking to the concourse before games.
6. Bartolo slaps kid at 2013 HR Derby
Lost in Yoenis Cespedes winning the 2013 Home Run Derby was the slap no one noticed at the time. While hugging Cespedes in celebration, he accidentally slapped a child.
5. Bartolo loses helmet, carries bat to 1st
On multiple occasions, Colon has lost his helmet after violent swings. In this at-bat, he lost his helmet and carried his bat with him all the way to first base, and into the dugout.
4. Bartolo the athlete. Swift!
If there was ever a pitcher's equivalent to Willie Mays' historic over-the-shoulder catch, this is it.
3. Bartolo's infield single
It was long thought that Colon coasts around the bases because he's a pitcher and likely won't get far, anyway. In this instance, though, he convinced us he's been sprinting the whole time.
2. Bartolo flip
PFP stands for Pitcher's Fielding Practice. There's no chance Colon practiced this, though it inspired his teammates to.
1. Bartolo Bomb
The impossible happened: Colon gifted the world with a memory for the ages when he became the oldest player in history to hit his first homer. At 42 years old and 19 years in the bigs, he said this was one of the greatest moments of his career, and he let us all enjoy it as he took 30 seconds of glory to round the bases.
(Videos courtesy: MLB.com)