If September is as good to Jamie D'Antona as July was, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows might be playing baseball in late October.
The slugger has been a huge addition for Yakult since being acquired in the offseason, but will miss the next three weeks with a hamstring injury. The Greenwich, Conn., native is batting .298 with 19 home runs and 69 RBIs through Wednesday.
"Every year you always want to hit .300," the 27-year-old D'Antona says. "That's the staple. You want to hit 20 or more home runs, you want to have 80 RBIs. But right now, looks like I'm on pace to do two of them, the home runs and RBIs. The average thing, we'll see how it goes. But I'm happy with everything I'm doing."