The Two 2009 Yankees' Grandslams

How's this for an example of how strange this game can be? The Yankees have hit almost 240 home runs so far this season, but although they came into this game with 190 opportunities with the bases loaded, they only had one grand slam until Robinson Cano hit another tonight. The first? Jose Molina of all people.

Let's look at those two:

Robinson Cano: .203/.241/.313 with runners in scoring position and even worse .231/.233/.269 with the bases loaded. Came into this game with 30 opportunities with the bases loaded, and had only 6 hits and one double.

Jose Molina: Career worst .211/.287/.258 this season. Only two players in all of baseball with as many plate appearances have a worse OPS than Molina. And he has 2 opportunities with the bases loaded...and one grand slam.

That means zero grand slams for A-Rod, Mark Teixiera, Hideki Matsui, Jorge Posada, Nick Swisher or Johnny Damon...but one for one of the worst hitters in the game and one of the worst with RISP have hit grannies.

Go figure!