Ah, the week that was Major League Baseball.

Over the last week, our old friend Melvin Upton, Jr. of the Padres has been wielding a hot bat, something Braves fans never had to worry about saying. He's been a bright spot in San Diego's lineup this season, and is all the sudden red hot and putting together a really nice stat line of a .268 average, 16 home runs, and 44 RBIs.

He hit this walk-off bomb last Saturday against the Yankees.

If you need even more proof how great he is, this link is video proof of him collecting four hits and a pair of homers on Friday night. Truly amazing. This is the same guy that was literally the worst player in the big leagues in his time in Atlanta.

As Dick Enberg says, "Goodness, Melvin Upton!"

Stephen Strasburg of the Nationals is the first National League pitcher to start a season 12-0 since 1912. He's not going to pitch in the All-Star Game next week. Washington just needs to hope he can stay healthy for the full season and see how far this momentum takes him.

If you saw the Braves game on Friday, you noticed something you don't see every day. Granted, you don't see the 2016 version of the Braves score 11 runs in a game or make a great pitcher look silly, but even more rare than those things, you saw a triple play.

.@whitesox become first team to turn THREE triple plays in a season since 1979 (@RedSox & @Athletics). #WOW https://t.co/DkbM5UnutQ — MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) July 9, 2016

Mike "Doc" Emrick is arguably the top hockey play-by-play announcer there is (it's actually not even an argument; if you think there is one better, you are wrong). He got a chance to call a Cubs vs. Pirates game. He was great. See for yourself.

Marlins pticher Jose Fernandez picked up another home win on Friday night, pushing his career record at Marlins Park to 25-1, the best winning percentage for a starter on his home field in MLB history (minimum 25 decisions).

And take heart everyone, we will see Big Sexy in the All-Star Game. Bartolo Colon will replace Madison Bumgarner on the National League team. If you think he has fun in the regular season, wait until you see him in that environment.