Ramirez also ranks among the best in the league in seven other offensive categories. Sometimes it happens. Sometimes it doesn't happen. We've still got like 150 games left. I think nobody's going to remember about April.
Some players just work at a faster rate than others.
Ramirez, who went 3 for 6 in the 11-inning game, wasted no time against Kansas City starter Brian Meadows. In the first inning, he liked the second pitch he saw and sent it 400 feet into the screen for a three-run homer. Left fielder Mark Quinn never even moved. During the third, Ramirez got another good look at a Meadows pitch and took it deep to center, where Carlos Beltran made a catch against the wall. A second shot to straightaway center was good for a leadoff home run in the sixth and ended Meadows's day.