Mel Ott hit more home runs in the City of New York than any Major Leaguer in history. He slugged 511 homers in a Hall of Fame career that spanned 22 seasons, all as a New York Giant, all as a National Leaguer. The N.L. honors him to this day by bestowing on the senior circuit’s circuit clout leader the Mel Ott Award. You never hear about it, but as I delightedly discovered at FanFest in July, it really and truly exists.
Saturday night [1] in the City of New York I witnessed David Newhan hit off John Maine his fifth National League home run ever. Having dolefully watched David Newhan display almost [2] no power and, for that matter, almost no skills in his one season as a New York Met in 2007, I feel I have somehow let down the memory of Master Melvin [3].