Bartolo Colon's Goal Is To Get 3 Hits This Season
The Score- New York Mets right-hander Bartolo Colon has never been heralded for his offensive prowess, but remains a pleasure to watch at the plate for his unorthodox hacks. A veteran of 17 seasons, Colon managed a career-high 62 at-bats last season, and despite recording just two hits, the 41-year-old is past the point in his career where he’s going to try and work on his swing. “Bartolo’s got some work to do,” Mets hitting coach Kevin Long sarcastically told Mike Vorkunov of NJ.com. “He’s not too vested in putting that much time into getting his swing where it needs to be. He said he had two hits last year. I said how about four hits this year? He said how about three. That’s where we’re at with Bartolo.”
The most important thing about goals is to set realistic ones. You don’t just say that you are going to get into the best shape of your life or that you are going to give your girl an orgasm every time out. You have to start small. Maybe try to avoid getting winded when you walk up 2 flights of stairs. Or try to make it past foreplay before you have to take a timeout because things are moving too fast in the bedroom.
I wish I could bet the Over on Bartolo’s 3 hits. Sure it would be the opposite of “money well spent”. But every 5 days you would either be 1 step closer to winning a bet or get to enjoy 2-4 hilarious Bartolo at-bats. Bartolo at the plate is the most exciting thing about baseball season approaching (other than the warm weather and the Mets setting the modern day record for lowest-ERA by a pitching staff).
And of course, no Bartolo blog would be complete without the highlight of the 2014 baseball season (especially the bullpen’s reaction).
