“Almost killed a guy,” said Dickerson late Saturday. And so did this one, which hit a man in the eye before he corralled the ball in the bleachers.
This home run, also Dickerson’s sixth of the season, capped a six-run first inning in a 13-3 win over Pittsburgh and came on his son Davis’ eighth birthday. This means that on Davis’ seventh birthday, his dad also had homered and his father promised the same this year, with the grand slam even a better one than his solo drive of last year.
“I said, ‘You need to have more birthdays,” joked Dickerson.