Altuve celebrates birthday, Brees visits Padres, churros on pants
By Tab Bamford
A Big Birthday
Astros All-Star second baseman José Altuve celebrates his 29th birthday today. The Astros celebrated in Monterrey.
Can I Kick It?
Yes you can! This was one of the highlights of the weekend.
OH MY GOODNESS @javierassad1!!! The Pelicans' pitcher with the soccer ⚽️moves for the out!! #SCTOP10 @SportsCenter @ESPNAssignDesk pic.twitter.com/Dgka8pBc7U
— Myrtle Beach Pelicans (@Pelicanbaseball) May 4, 2019
A Long Way Back
José De León has battled back from injury and is finally back on a mound. We can’t wait to see him return to the big leagues.
Legends Unite in San Diego
Manny Machado and Eric Hosmer had a special guest join them in San Diego over the weekend. Drew Brees is one of the best quarterbacks of all-time and still has a great audience in his first NFL city.
Copa Action
Minor League baseball was on fire this weekend as teams celebrated Cinco de Mayo.
How about pants – with churros on them?
And horses in the back… or on the field?
Fan Post of the Day
Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic was a fan this weekend for the Mexico Series. The art he saw around the ballpark was amazing.
Pro Post of the Day
Elvis Andrus celebrated a wonderful family event over the weekend. God bless!
OTD
2018 – Domingo German takes a no-hitter through six innings in his first major league start for the Yankees before being removed (pitch count). The Yankees win for the 15th time in 16 games on Gleyber Torres’ walk-off home run.
2012 – Albert Pujols ends the longest homerless drought of his career, finally hitting his first home run as a member of the Los Angeles Angels.
2011 – Cardinals’ starter Jaime Garcia takes a perfect game into the 8th inning before issuing a one-out walk to Casey McGehee. Yuniesky Betancourt hits a single on the first pitch following the walk; Garcia settles for a two-hit shutout of the Brewers.
1983 – California Angels first baseman Rod Carew goes 3 for 4 to raise his batting average to .500 (48 for 96) on the season. The Halos win 4-2 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit.
1960 – On Willie Mays’ 29th birthday Roberto Clemente makes his first trip to San Francisco’s newly-opened Candlestick Park. Clemente hit a deep home run to left center, but the Giants would win the game 5-1.
1955 – On Mays’ 24th birthday and Clemente‘s second visit to the Polo Grounds “The Great One” hits a 430-foot triple over the birthday boy’s head. Pittsburgh would win the game 4-3.
Happy birthday!
José Altuve (b. 1990)
José Álvarez (b. 1989)
Gerardo Parra (b. 1987)
Benito Báez (b. 1977)