There are a lot of baseball players who are worth the price of admission to watch play. Off the top of my head, I’m talking about Man-Ram, A-Rod, Pujols, and Johan Santana just to name a few. I’ve come to the realization though that nobody, and I mean nobody, is more impressive and exciting to watch play than Vladimir Gurerrero.

When you talk about the best hitter in the game, I think the answer is relatively simple. It’s Vlad. Honestly, it’s impossible to pitch to this guy. Throw it in the dirt, he’ll golf it over the right field fence. Throw it at his eyes and Vlad will somehow turn on it and yank it down the left field line. Throw it five feet outside and Vladdy Daddy will flick his bat at it for a double. Every time Vlad swings at a pitch, he has full intention of putting a flat side on the baseball.

In case you missed it the other day, Vlad hit a shot off Zach Greinke that nearly went into orbit. I’d say that the ball still hasn’t landed yet, but it actually did…wedged on the scoreboard of Kauffman Stadium. Yes, the freaking scoreboard. Kauffman Stadium officials measured the shot at 435, but if you ask me, that ball flirted with 500 feet. Clearing the fountains and jamming up the scoreboard? Are you kidding me? Say what you want about Pujols and A-Rod, and you’ll probably have very good arguments as far as them being the most pure swingers in the game. Vlad swings to impail. Vlad swings and human corkscrews himself into the ground. I’m not saying he’s the only one who violently swings like that, in fact there are a lot of guys who swing with every intention of falling on their ass. The difference is that when Vlad does it, the ball ends up in a different area code.

He doesn’t have the speed that he used to, and in fact its really funny to watch him run because his legs are so damn long that he looks like he’s hobbling down the first base line. Make no mistake though, even though he can’t move like he used to he still has an RPG attached to his right arm. And as for his bat, well, lets just say that when Vlad is hitting, it’s literally impossible to pitch around him. I guess it’s easy to toy with hitting .400 through April if you take the most gnarly of hacks at anything that is thrown your way. If you ask me, the best hitter in the game is an easy argument to settle; he plays for the Los Angeles Angels near Glendale adjacent to Tustin off Gene Autry Way of Anaheim.