amazing what can happen when you hand a rookie the starting job out of spring training and actually leave him there Well, Soto's been destroying the ball ever since he came up, it's not like there was really any choice.
Ha, I remember that. Was that the same series (same game, maybe?) as the Prior vs. Clemens matchup? Same game. Prior went 5 scoreless and we crushed Clemens for 5 runs in 6.
I thought that was the game where he needed a double for the cycle and had a well-hit ball to RF, but it bounced like 6 inches foul? Here it is: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU200406140.shtml
This reminds me of Todd Walker's game in 2004 against Houston when he needed a double for the cycle going into his last AB and hit one a couple of feet too high instead for a home run. In Houston.