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Oakland Athletics’ 3B Josh Donaldson Now a Household Name

All-Star votes are heating up and so is Oakland A’s third baseman Josh Donaldson.The 28 year old is hitting .277 with 13 home runs and 41 RBI’s this season. And on Wednesday night, he made sure if you were contemplating voting him on to that All-Star Team, you would no longer question your vote.

Donaldson smacked a three-run bomb in a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers, and immediately became your Woman Crush Wednesday. Oh, and if that wasn’t awesome enough, he pimped it out and received a well-deserved pie compliments of Josh Reddick.

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Jane Lee of MLB.com, let us know he had no problem in acknowledging it:

I was just trying to watch it to stay fair — because, if it goes foul, I mean, I don’t want to waste my breath running,” says Donaldson.

Last season, Donaldson was a highly talked about candidate for the All-Star Game, but came up short when it was roster time. He finished 2013 with a .301 batting average, 24 home runs, and was fourth in the MVP voting.

This season, expect him to make the All-Star lineup and be in line for MVP honors with solid numbers. He he is also first in the American League in offensive and defensive WAR  and runs scored.

Also, because of this…

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And this…

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Photo: Ed Szczepanski/USA TODAY Sports

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