Starling Marte, Pirates Prospect Of Note

Yes, Marte rewarded the patient Pirates fans who have waited for him since he was tearing up Double-A last year, took a mighty cut at the first pitch he saw in the big leagues, and sent it to the right of the Crawford Boxes in Houston. You can see the video and listen to the call here, or you can get a hot, slick, animated image here:

Marte is the 27th player to hit a home run on his first pitch in major-league history, and the first since ... wait a sec ... Tom Milone, who did it last year when he was with the Nationals before he was traded to make room for Bryce Harper.

Just about every ‘80s sci-fi movie about the future included some kind of super-powerful fictitious drug. There’d be a scene with the future character getting future high on the future drug, and you were supposed to think, man, those future drugs are crazy.

There a handful of good things that come along with following a bad team. Fantastic seats are usually available. You get street cred when the bad team eventually does well. And you get the incredible high that comes with dreaming about top prospects. When they’re called up … man. All of those ‘80s movies should have named their future drugs after top prospects.