Brock Holt has had quite a momentous career, one that includes two world championships.
Along with the World Series rings, Holt also carries two accomplishments that have not been done by anyone else in the history of Major League Baseball (that we know of).
The first was Holt becoming the only player in postseason history to hit for the cycle, a feat he managed in Game 3 of the Red Sox' 2018 American League Division Series rout of the Yankees.
The second arrived in 2021, when Holt threw the slowest pitch on record in an MLB game - one which crossed the plate for a strike at 31.1 mph. That came while playing for the Rangers in Oakland against the A's. (Such records started being tracked since 2008.)
Appearing on the Bradfo Sho podcast, Holt explained that not only did he keep all kinds of memorabilia from the moment at Yankee Stadium (including the bat used for the cycle, which actually belonged to Mookie Betts), but he also made sure to secure a memento from the historic pitch in Oakland.
Yes, Holt had the baseball from the pitch authenticated in order to mount in his trophy room.
'I've got my first hit, my first homer ball. I didn't ask to keep it, but they kept it for me and they gave it to me like a week later in Texas," Holt explained. "Our clubby came up to me and said, 'Hey, this is the ball you threw for 30 miles-per-hour, the slowest pitch ever.' I'm like, 'Are you serious, they kept that?' They're like, 'Yeah.' So I got it authenticated and I have it next to my first hit and my first homer ball and I wrote, 'Slowest pitch in major league history.' So I have got that one."
Holt finished the one-inning outing on Aug. 7 getting out of the inning by allowing just one hit. It was the second time he pitched in a big league game.
To listen to Holt tell the story of the pitching adventure, go to 31:13 of the podcast ...