Arod hits number 600

[legaleagle92481]

Congrats on this amazing achievement!! The question though is due homer totals matter anymore? I think they still do because despite all the cheating here is the 600 homer club:

Bonds, Aaron, Ruth, Mays, Griffey, Sosa, Arod. Six guys that is it. Thome will probably make it. Manny looks doubtful to get there as he probably will retire after this year for lack of a team wishing to employ him. Sheffield is essentially retired and even if he returned no way he hits 80 plus more homers. Delgado I believe is next and he is also essentially retired unlikely to even reach 500. Chipper won't reach 500. Andruw Jones and Vlad are still a ways from 500 both unlikely to sniff even 550. The next guy probably will be Cabera, Pujols, Howard, Dunn or Prince Fielder many years from now.

[cjclong]

Hitting 600 is a great accomplishment. To be one of only 7 players in the history of the game to do it speaks for itself. It will be interesting to see how far beyond 600 he is able to go.

[joelsabi]

Hitting 600 is a great accomplishment. To be one of only 7 players in the history of the game to do it speaks for itself. It will be interesting to see how far beyond 600 he is able to go.

I agree. By the end of the year he will pass Sosa and next year he will pass Griffey's career total. When I started watching ARod, I would never have imagined ARod passing Griffey in home runs. Just shows how unpredictable final hr totals can be. It will be interesting to see how the fans will react if and when he passes each great homerun hitter.

[mbrieve]

Cheater.

[kellsox]

I believe that the average baseball fan has only passing interest in Arod's milestone home runs. He was looked upon by the public as being the "clean guy" as Bonds set HR marks and then it turned out that admitted to juicing for several seasons(and who knows how many others) People got tired of it all. Now if it never came out that he was a user- or if he were actually clean, there would be a lot more hoopla and celebration.
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[sox83cubs84]

Also...it was 3 years ago today that he clubbed #500!

Dave Miedema

[Fnazxc0114]

how about putting all these guys in the book with a big * next to their name. Not sure how many homers he hit with the rangers, but those should be stripped from his career stats.

[cjclong]

MLB quotes Hank Aaron as saying that whether you put an * by the record or not what ARod has done is a great achievement. If Aaron feels that way the rest of you guys ought to accept it as that.

[legaleagle92481]

how about putting all these guys in the book with a big * next to their name. Not sure how many homers he hit with the rangers, but those should be stripped from his career stats.

I disagree. If you do that. Do you give Ruth an * because he faced the same pitchers time and again and again, did not have to play against black, Asian or Spainish players or travel cross country or not count his homers. Aaron and Mays admitted to using greenies, aka Amphetamines, aka a PED, do we * them or take away some of their homers. How do we know for sure Griffey and Thome were clean everyday of their careers? Something can be said about every player so when you start with * and striping homers where do you start and stop? Most of the homers ARod and co. hit came off pitchers just as juiced as they were.

[joelsabi]

Also...it was 3 years ago today that he clubbed #500!

Dave Miedema

Interesting fact.

I think ARods odds are better that he hits #700 into the net over the centerfield wall than him hitting #700 on 8/4/2013. As you all know, #600 was retrieved by the security guard.

The Yankees were prepared to offer the lucky fan who caught the baseball a signed hat, baseball, jersey and bat from ARod and if that wasn't enough, they were prepared to offer a chance to go to lunch with ARod and girlfriend Cameron Diaz. Instead, the security guard retreives the ball, gives it to his supervisor, who gives it to ARod. What does the security guard get for his good deed -- a signed bat, a little less than if it was caught by a fan in the stands and far less than if he had kept it and put it up for auction.

So instead of having a college fund for his daughter, the security guard can tell his daughter that he caught ARod's 600 HR. Can a security guard get fired for not giving up the baseball?