ATLANTA — The old saying is: Good pitchers aren’t paid to hit.
But when the pitcher hitting is Bartolo Colon, you might pay to see it. Witness what happened one year ago — May 7, 2016, in San Diego.
“Shocking,” Mets second baseman Neil Walker recalled.
“A moment I don’t think any of us will ever forget,” catcher Kevin Plawecki said.
“They say anything can happen in a game, well …” said shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera.
“This is one of the great moments in the history of baseball,” SNY play-by-play man Gary Cohen boomed at the time.