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Cole Hamels, Heidi Strobel and Matt Holliday

Posted by: admin in Girls on October 9th, 2009

A crazy day of baseball; on and off the field.

Cole Hamels and Heidi Strobel

Heidi Strobel Hamels Playboy
Cole Hamels was the uber-stud of last year’s World Series Champion Phillies team. Turns out, Cole’s prowess extends off the field as well, since he married former Survivor hottie and later Playboy model, Heidi Strobel in 2006.

So, just a quick recap of Cole’s resume at age 25: World Series ring? Check. WS MVP? Check. A wife sexy enough to have appeared in Playboy? Check. Clearly it’s good to be Cole Hamels.

At some point Cole and Heidi decided adding a child to the mix would be a good idea. Now I’m sure Hamels didn’t intend for his wife to go into labor during a playoff game that he was pitching in, but that’s exactly what happened.

Luckily, Cole was already out of the game, in which he had struggled and the Phils would eventually lose, and could go run straight to the hospital when he got word that Heidi had gone into labor. Hope mother and baby are doing well.

And that’s just the first of three games! So while Cole’s day was the best (a baby) and worst (losing a playoff game) of times, it could have been worse. At least he is not Matt Holliday.

Matt Holliday Error

First things first: Matt Holliday did not make the most costly error in MLB playoff history. That starts and ends with Bill Buckner. End of discussion. However, you will be hard-pressed to ever see the final out of a playoff game botched in more spectacular and clumsy fashion. Again, the ball just simply rolled through Buckner’s legs (apparently spread wider than Sasha Grey) and it was over. Not so with Holliday.

As he charged the ball, you could see there was trouble coming. Holliday couldn’t decide whether to just reach up and grab it or basket catch it Willie Mays style. While either option would have gotten the job done, Matt chose what was behind Door #3 - let the baseball miss his glove entirely and hit in the stomach. Seriously.

To make things even worse, as the ball starts to roll away, Matt loses his footing and belly flops in the outfield. If you are one of the 4 people that still has not seen the video, it closely resembled the death throes of a sea lion after being mortally wounded by a great white shark.

But don’t take my word for it, you can watch it here thanks to ESPN: Matt Holliday Error Video