For someone who gave up the longest home run so far this season in Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Mike Bolsinger sure is taking it well.
Bolsinger, who pitched for the Arkansas Razorbacks in 2007-2010, gave up a 478-foot home run to Miami slugger Giancarlo Stanton on an 85 mph fastball in the first inning of Tuesday's game. The home run -- one of the longest at Dodger Stadium -- hit off the roof of the left-field pavilion.
Stanton joins Mike Piazza, Mark McGwire and Willie Stargell (twice) as players who have hit home runs out of Dodger Stadium.
Not long after the home run, the Dodgers and Marlins had some fun, perhaps at Bolsinger's expense, on Twitter.
The question "Where do we send invoice for roof repair, @Marlins?" was posed on the Dodgers' Twitter feed, to which the Marlins replied, "That would imply the ball has landed, to which you have no proof, @Dodgers."
After the game, Bolsinger said he actually laughed a little bit.
"You've got to just look back and go, 'That's awesome,' and just go on with the game," Bolsinger told Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com.
In another interview with Fox Sports, Bolsinger took a more self deprecating approach.
"I honestly don't think he's human," he said of Stanton. "He's one of the biggest guys in the league. He's got a good swing and I just kinda fed it up there for him and he does what he does best. If you need someone to pitch to him at the All-Star Game in the Home Run Derby, I'll be available during that time."
Bolsinger wasn't the only one having a good laugh.
"I was kinda chuckling to myself and I couldn't believe how far that ball went," Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier told Fox Sports. "I got in the dugout and I looked at Mike. When I saw him laughing, I knew I could laugh a little bit. I just went up to him and said, 'I'm sorry when you see the highlight tonight and guys in the outfield are laughing to see how far that ball went.' "
Bolsinger got the last laugh, however, allowing the 1 run on 5 hits with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings to earn his first victory as a Dodger, an 11-1 victory over the Marlins.
They said it
• Late night talk show host Conan O'Brien, on the NFL suspending New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady: "They're going to punish him by making him stay home in his mansion with his supermodel wife and think about what he did wrong."
• Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, on Wimbledon banning short metal rods used to help people take pictures of themselves, otherwise known as a selfie stick: "Great. Now what's the queen supposed to do between sets?"
• Steve Schrader of the Detroit Free Press, on why college football coaches are offering scholarships to eighth-graders: "It's a lot cheaper for boosters to buy them bicycles instead of cars."
Sports quiz
What was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980s?
Answer
The Los Angeles Dodgers (1981, 1988).
Sports on 05/15/2015