In the first 862 plate appearances of his major-league career, Michael McKenry — the man who came out of the womb in a catcher's crouch, the man who aptly wears a T-shirt of the portly catcher "The Great Hambino" from "The Sandlot," the man who looks like Wes Welker if Wes tried to be a tight end, the man who runs like a hamster in a clear plastic ball — had never hit a triple.
And then, as if the baseball gods got bored, McKenry scurried into third in the first inning June 6 for his first triple.