Fear the beard: Charlie Blackmon off to red-hot start for Rockies

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Apr 7, 2014

Charlie Blackmon is batting .548 after the first week of the season, the only player in the majors above .500. — Charlie Blackmon is batting .548 after the first week of the season, the only player in the majors above .500.
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"It won't be long," he said, "but if I'm feeling really bad one day, I'll go in there and watch and be like, 'Man, I used to be pretty good.'"