The Pecan Park Eagle

Carlos Lee, Houston Astros, 2011

Last week former Houston Astro Carlos Lee, now of the Miami Marlins, blasted the 17th grand slam home run of his career, tying him for 7th place with Hall of Famers Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams for 7th place on the all time list of baseball’s biggest runs producing hits by way of a home tun with the bases loaded.

It’s an interesting list, combining Hall of Famers with another group og guys who simply possessed the ability  to jack a few long balls on a fairly regular basis and another couple of fellows who might make it to the Hall someday if they aren’t stopped by the steroids taint on their days of big league action.

And above many of these now, including Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, who are tied for 10th place with Dave Kingman at 16 each is the man who knows more about raising cattle than all the other names on this list combined: Carlos Lee.

Good luck, Carlos! Hope your season with the Marlins wraps up in exciting ways. It has to be more exciting than it would have been had you remained in Houston for the balance of the 2012 schedule.