Trout homers, enjoys life at 40

ANAHEIM, Calif._Mike Trout leaned forward and extended his hands, stretching to get the barrel of his bat to the far side of the plate. Chicago White Sox starter Reynaldo Lopez had put his changeup where he wanted, burying it low and on the outside corner. Trout launched the ball onto the left-center field rockpile anyway.

"I like it down," Trout said with a devious grin. "I think everybody knows that."

In what is shaping up to be a career power year for the