The greatest sports moment of 2016 — no, the greatest moment period — happened Saturday night, when Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon hit his first career home run at Petco Park off Padres starter James Shields. The 42-year-old Colon, all 285 pounds of him, rounded the bases with an enormous grin as the Mets bench went absolutely bonkers.
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SNY play-by-play man Gary Cohen summarized the moment perfectly, exclaiming, “The impossible has happened!”
And what a week it’s been for Colon. In his last start, Colon passed Pedro Martinez for second-most wins by any pitcher born in the Dominican Republic.
After Colon’s homer Saturday, Twitter exploded. As expected.
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Oh, and the home run gave the Mets a 4-0 lead. Bartolo the Pitcher now has to protect the lead Bartolo the Batter gave him.
