{"id":1954,"date":"2016-04-12T19:15:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T23:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sullyonsports.com\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2019-06-26T16:50:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T20:50:59","slug":"story-time-an-awesome-anomaly-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sullyonsports.com\/?p=1954","title":{"rendered":"Story Time: An Awesome Anomaly in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Very little was expected of the Colorado Rockies to begin the 2016 season. \u00a0Incredibly, even less was expected of their new starting shortstop.<\/p>\n

It was not unexpected that Trevor Story would begin the season as the team’s shortstop. \u00a0Last year’s Opening Day starter was Troy Tulowitzki; he was dealt to the Blue Jays at the trade deadline for fellow shortstop Jose Reyes. \u00a0Reyes, though, was arrested in the offseason on a\u00a0domestic violence charge<\/a>\u00a0in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it would be Story to fill in for him. \u00a0And it looks like he’s done more than just fill in.<\/p>\n

The Rockies opened their season on Monday against the Arizona Diamondbacks; the game also happened to be the Diamondback debut of ace Zack Greinke. \u00a0In a stunning turn of events, Greinke imploded, giving up seven runs in just four innings in one of the worst starts of his career.<\/p>\n

As for Story, he would ground out to third in the first at-bat of his career. \u00a0In his second one, however, he would take the $206.5 million dollar man over the right field wall.<\/p>\n

A home run in your first career game? \u00a0That’s great! \u00a0It can’t get much better than that, can it? \u00a0Oh, yes it can.<\/p>\n

And yes, it did get better for Trevor Story on Monday night. In the fourth inning, he would take Greinke deep again for home run number two on the night and in his young career.<\/p>\n

So in the first three Major League at-bats of his life, Trevor Story hit a home run in two of them. \u00a0Essentially, he played\u00a0MLB 16: The Show\u00a0<\/em>on the easiest difficulty setting. \u00a0And he would come close to repeating his performance one night later.<\/p>\n

In the fourth inning of Tuesday night’s game, Story stepped in to face the Diamondbacks’ other newly-acquired mound presence, Shelby Miller. \u00a0On the second pitch of the at-bat, he would step out in the form of a 436-foot home run to left center field. \u00a0In an extremely pedestrian performance, it would be his only home run of the night (that’s sarcasm). \u00a0The team would lose 11-6, but no one really cared. This was and is a story about Trevor.<\/p>\n

But for as great as Story’s first two games were, could he make history and become the first player to ever hit four home runs in his first three big league games? \u00a0We got our answer on Wednesday; it was in the affirmative. \u00a0Story would hit a 434-foot homer to almost the same place he hit Tuesday’s dinger. \u00a0In the process,\u00a0he made MLB history and went to a place no rookie had ever gone before.<\/p>\n

And then he took it one step further. \u00a0In Friday night’s game, Story would hit another two home runs, making it six home runs in the first four games of his career. \u00a0He was on pace for 243 home runs, a pace that some would argue is unsustainable (obviously). \u00a0The historic, unprecedented four-game run marked the first time in which a player hit a home run in each of his first four games. \u00a0The streak would end on Saturday only to continue when Story hit a home run the next day in a win over the Padres.<\/p>\n

So, to recap: seven home runs, six games. \u00a0And if you lost track, it’s just fine; this Vine will help you avoid making that mistake (h\/t Matt Allaire<\/a>):<\/p>\n