The ball soared high and mighty, 111 mph off the bat, launched at a 34-degree angle, 420 feet into the left-field bleachers. You might call it a Stantonian blast, if only John Sterling hadn’t thought of it first.
Of course, there’s more to hitting a home run than that.
“Definitely I’ve got to relearn how to jog around the bases a little bit,” Giancarlo Stanton said, flashing a grin, late Saturday afternoon.
Stanton’s second homer of his second Yankees season came awfully late, yet in helping his club post a 7-2 victory over the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium, it delivered promise and potential: With less than two weeks before the postseason begins, what if the good Stanton can report for that duty?