The irony, of course, is that Bautista has accomplished something Aaron never did -- hit 50 home runs in a season. Of course, Aaron accomplished so much more, and not just with home runs.

Aaron accomplished so much more, and not just with home runs.

It's true. Jose Bautista never appeared at P.S. 24 in the Bronx to deliver a blandly inspirational speech to the fourth grade.

Jose Bautista never appeared on Happy Days.

I went to BBREF to play with Aaron's numbers, fully expecting a 50-homer season if we adjusted his hitting environment to 2010 Toronto. Nope.

Does Bautista have a chance at winning the AL mvp?

Does Bautista have a chance at winning the AL mvp?

Yes, but not a good one.

Jose Bautista never appeared on Happy Days.

Jose Bautista has never appeared on Futurama.

Jose Bautista never beat Jim Lemon on Home Run Derby.

So Bautista's not on steroids! He's on greenies!

I'm not currently reading "The Last Hero: A Life Of Jose Bautista".

I chuckled the other day when Bautista was described as the "scrawniest power hitter in history". The guy weighs 200 plus easy.

Is there video of the ball leaving the ballpark?
They say there is in the article, but I can't seem to find it.

Now that Chris Carter is hitting some, the A's radio broadcasters have started comparing his swing to Aaron's.
Anybody else see this?

The active player who has probably been most frequently compared to Aaron is Alfonso Soriano. Quick wrists and all that.

Jose Bautista never shot a video with my Grandfather went he couldn't even get his name out.

Neither of them has ever been in my kitchen, Alex.

Wrong, Hank Aaron's there right now! The man's gotta eat.

I saw Bobby Bonilla almost do this (to right field, batting left) in an O's-Jays game at SkyDome in 1996.

Now that Chris Carter is hitting some, the A's radio broadcasters have started comparing his swing to Aaron's.
Anybody else see this?

Heard the A's TV dudes say the same thing on a Carter pop-gun looper into rightcenter.

So Bautista's not on steroids! He's on greenies!

Tim Horton's doughnuts.

Tim Horton's doughnuts.

What is the story behind "donut" and "doughnut"?
I ask because as a Canadian I've lived under the hegemony of Tim Horton's my entire life, but I've never actually seen the phrase "Tim Horton's doughnut" in my life.

Is it a Canada-US thing? A North America-Europe thing?
Or some kind of class divide?

It's also odd, considering the prominence donuts have in Canadian popular culture, from Bob and Doug to Tim Horton's, that in the wikipedia entry for donuts (including a massive section on donut variants from at least 30 different countries, there are only these two sentences on Canadian donut culture.

"In Canada, the doughnut designs are similar to those in the United States"
"Per capita, Canadians consume the most doughnuts, and Canada has the most doughnut stores per capita."

Though Timbits do get a shout out in one of the images.


I was also reading the other day about the formation of Bob and Doug Mackenzie. Apparently the CBC version of SCTV was a bit longer than the American episodes because the CBC had fewer commercials. So they had a minute or two extra at the end of the each episode. The CBC (and I guess by extension the government) was worried about a lack of Canadian content, so asked the guys to come up with a particularly Canadian sketch. And Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas were pretty upset with being told what to do, so they decided...ok, we'll make the dumbest, most stereotypical Canadian morons we can, but zero thought or effort into it and those CanCon losers can stick that in their pipe.

"Have another donut!"

I always have a hard time defining the Canadian accent, but the way Schoenfeld says "Have another donut" could not possibly be more Canadian.

What is the story behind "donut" and "doughnut"?
I ask because as a Canadian I've lived under the hegemony of Tim Horton's my entire life, but I've never actually seen the phrase "Tim Horton's doughnut" in my life.

What can I tell you, in the U.S it is "doughnut" and, presumably, in Canada "donut" so it should have been "Tim Horton's Donuts" to be culturally correct. There are Tim Horton's in the U.S. but I don't know know if they are "donuts" or "doughnuts".

"Bautista" wasn't the answer in the exact center of the New York Times crossword yesterday.

Didn't Aaron famously grip the bat wrong-handed? Have any other prominent players used that style since?