In Arizona Diamondbacks third base coach Shaun Larkin’s mind, everything was lining up. The runner was going hard. The center fielder hesitated slightly. The timing was right a
Zac Veen flung his bat towards the mound after crushing a 433-foot home run in the Colorado Rockies' spring training showdown with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
For the second time in as many springs, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jose Castillo came off the mound with an injury during a Cactus League game.
After striking out in a game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Veen slapped the top of his batting helmet, like he often does. But this time, he slapped the helmet just as he reached the dugout. He hit the roof of the dugout “pretty hard,” pinching his thumb and index finger. “I jammed my thumb. … It was a self-inflicted (injury),” Veen said.
Spring training games do not count in the actual standings, and spring training home runs are easily forgotten but do not tell that to Colorado Rockies prospect Zac Veen.
Colorado Rockies prospect Zac Veen unleashed a bat flip over the weekend that was so ferocious he immediately felt the need to apologize. Veen blasted a