"Babe" Nelson

On Friday night, my new favorite Rockie, Chris Nelson, high socks and all, belted his first career home run, a liner down the left field line.
Last night, he cranked one to left center for his second career jack. It went 408 feet.
After the game, in which he went 1-4 with 3 hard outs, I asked him in the Rockies clubhouse if he ever hit a ball that far. Legit question since he's not known for his power and he's just 5'11, 175 pounds.
He said, "I don't know. But that could be the furthest ball I've ever hit. At least in a game."
And then he was gone, out the door of the clubhouse. That is also something I noticed. From the end of the game to his exit from the clubhouse was pretty quick. He might be the fastest showerer on the team.
Also, I spoke to Ubaldo Jimenez who picked up just his second win. He had a 2-run single off Phil Coke. Prior to that at-bat, I said to Ed Henderson in the press box, "Ubaldo should take a strike here." The reason being, Coke walked the previous two batters, Charlie Blackmon and Chris Ianetta on 8 pitches. He was wild and I figured U-man should wait until he threw a strike. Plus, Jimenez was 0-20 on the season at the plate.
So, what does Jimenez do? He swings at the first pitch and rips a screaming liner to center to plate the first two runs of the game.
"As a pitcher, I know that when you walk two guys like that you just want to get ahead," Ubaldo said. "So I knew he was going to lay a fastball in there and I was going to swing at it."
The Rocks are back at .500 with four wins in a row and hopefully the crappy play they exhibited in May and early June is done.