The World According to Shawn
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
In what was a very interesting weekend in baseball in America, three different players set a few records.
Barry Bonds hit his 755th homerun to tie Hank Aaron and then yesterday he hit number 756 to become the new career homerun leader. If you've been alive for the last 5 years, you know that this record is probably the most controversial thing in sports. He's been on a pace to hit about 800 homeruns for a while now, and whether or not steriods played a part, he's still a phenomonal hitter, just look at his averages.
One of my favorite Mets players of the last few years, Tom Glavine won his 300th game. Based on the way the game works today, it is very possible that he may have been the last pitcher who will reach 300 wins in a career. To put it in perspective Pedro Martinez who has been an excellent pitcher for the last 13 years only has 206 wins and for him to reach 300 he would have to play atleast another 8 seasons.
Last but not least my personal favorite Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th homerun only eight days after turning 32, which puts him on a pace for somewhere near 900 home runs if he plays as long as Barry Bonds has palyed. Congratulations to all of them!
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I think you're very right about the 300 club for pitchers. Smoltzey woulda been there were it not for his impressive tenure as a closer.
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