Some baseball history was made today. It might even show up on a baseball card next year. Felix Hernandez, this year a lone star pitcher for the Seattle Mariners, hit a grand slam. Yep. Pitcher. Grand Slam. It was in an interleague game with the Mets. The National League pitchers usually have to bat. But the American League pitchers don't usually have to bat because they have designated hitters that do nothing but bat. It was the vert first pitch that Felix Hernandez saw this season as a batter -> grand slam. And the first home run ever hit by a Mariners pitcher. Just like that, after 30 years, another moment in sports history was made today.
"As for the home run, it was the first grand slam by an American League pitcher since Cleveland's Steve Dunning hit one against the Athletics on May 11, 1971. That slam was hit off right-hander Diego Segui, who six years later would throw the first pitch in Mariners franchise history." --Jim Street, MLB. com
Watch it here: http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200806232991136
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