In in as many at-bats, the St. Louis shortstop hit two home runs, forever cementing this day in Cardinals lore.
If you can believe it, Big Mac land was the destination of his first home run. Yadi was obviously famished.
The second was a little more understated but did the trick. A fifth of his total production before to the game was made up by the three RBIs he collected on the day.
Twitter users from the Cardinals crash following Yadier Molina’s home homers
Molina has had a disappointing season in many ways; he has missed time due to several ailments and even traveled back to his native Puerto Rico to support his basketball team. He wasn’t always popular with a fan following that is going into September with high hopes.
It’s difficult to dispute, though, how much he cares about the game and the Cards as a whole. Since they are the only team he has ever known, if he is ever inducted into Cooperstown, a sea of Cardinals red will soon follow.
This is the reason why during the middle of St. Louis’ September 8 game against the Nationals, fans freaked out on social media. How else could they not, really? We’re talking about Yadi here:
From where that came, there were numerous others.
Molina caused quite a stir on social media. He increased his season total of home runs by two and demonstrated his potential in October.
Molina always seems to heat up around this time of year.
