Josh Hamilton went 5-5 with 4 HRs and a double last night. Here’s some perspective on that:

• It was only the 16th time in MLB history that somebody hit four homers in a game. By comparison, there have been 21 perfect games.
• Hamilton is only the sixth player in American League history to do it. To put that into perspective, twice as many people have walked on the moon.
• The 18 total bases Hamilton had last night, an AL record, meant that Hamilton traveled 1620 feet on the basepaths.
• That is almost five-and-a-half football fields.
• That distance is almost the walking distance between Camden Yards and Babe Ruth’s birthplace.
• Babe Ruth, by the way, never hit four home runs in a game.
• Hamilton’s 8 RBIs were greater than the run totals of all but one non-Texas Rangers team (Milwaukee)  last night.
• It was more runs than were scored in five of last night’s games.
• And, finally, it was only one less than the number of RBIs that Albert Pujols has had all season.

So, yeah, it was a historic night.