San Francisco Giant First Baseman and former Hudson Hornet stand-out Brandon Belt is up for the final National League spot for the upcoming All Star Game.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is coming up on Tuesday, July 12th. The biggest stars and best performers in baseball will gather in San Diego...and Brandon Belt could be representing East Texas.
Hudson's Brandon Belt accomplished a rarity Wednesday night during San Francisco's game with the Boston Red Sox. He launched a majestic home run which completely traveled out of the ball park and into McCovey Cove.
San Francisco 1st baseman and Hudson, Texas native Brandon Belt has had a solid career with the Giants. Plus, 2 World Series Championship rings at the age of 27 is not bad, either.
In just a few weeks, Brandon Belt will be heading to Arizona to start Spring Training for the upcoming Major League Baseball season with the San Francisco Giants.
To hit a home run in a Major League baseball game must be an awesome feeling. Brandon Belt who played his high school ball in Hudson, just west of Lufkin, certainly knows that feeling. But, the homer he hit Friday night in Colorado was something special.
Travis Ishikawa hit a game-winning, three-run homer off Michael Wacha in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-3, in San Francisco on Thursday night to win Game 5 of the National League Championship Series and advance to the World Series for the third time in five years.
Nearly two months ago, Hudson native Brandon Belt led the San Francisco Giants in homers and RBI's, then he was sidelined for 50 games thanks to a broken thumb that he suffered while getting hit by a pitch.
Hudson's Brandon Belt who is out to a great year for the San Francisco Giants will be sidelined for a while after being hit by a pitch in Friday night's game against the Dodgers.