All Time Home Run Countdown Thread

[stevejrogers]

755


744

11 more to go.

In other HR ATL news Sammy Sosa, who went ahead of Frank Robinson for 5th All-Time, is 5 away from HR # 600. Ken Griffey Jr also just recently became the 10th All Time HR hitter.

Frank Thomas, (491) Alex Rodriguez, (478) Jim Thome, (477) and Manny Ramirez (475) are within striking distance of hitting their 500th homer this season.

[metirish]

Jeez,Steve...KC asked me to start the thread, I go for a bite to eat all the while thinking about how the thread will look and I come back to this...thanks mate...

[stevejrogers]

metirish wrote: Jeez,Steve...KC asked me to start the thread, I go for a bite to eat all the while thinking about how the thread will look and I come back to this...thanks mate...

Oh sorry Irish, I thought he meant the Forum as a whole. Sorry.

[metirish]

Ah Steve I was joking....got ya

[Elster88]

What are the fucking odds on that one, huh?

[nymr83]

steve thinking he should start every thread or metirish joking? the odds on both are pretty high.

[nymr83]

i (obviously) wasnt around yet when the record got broken. i hate to see it broken though.
Aaron was honest, Bonds is a cheat
Aaron was humble, Bonds is a showboat
Aaron was gracious, Bonds is a jerk
Aaron was persecuted, Bonds has a persecution complex

I'd just rather the better guy kept the record.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Aaron has had his moments, but he's had his less than humble moments, and made dubious arguments of his perceived persecution.

Now, it's a matter of record that he suffered some genuine persecution, but it's just not that black and white.

[metirish]

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Hey, who's the skinny guy in the Pirates uniform? *






*=I know it's the young Barry Bonds, but it just amazes me how much bigger and more muscular he became as he aged. Most athletes are physically peaking in the mid-late 20's, Barry didn't peak physically for another decade.

[metirish]

I like what Francona said.

] Schilling puts sock in it Backtracking on Bonds barbs THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Curt Schilling apologized yesterday for criticizing Barry Bonds and was advised by his manager to keep some of his opinions to himself. The Red Sox pitcher leveled the criticism Tuesday on a radio show then backed off his remarks yesterday in an entry entitled "Public Apology," on his blog. "Everyone has days and events in life they'd love to push the rewind button on, yesterday was one of those days," Schilling wrote on the blog, 38pitches.com. "Regardless of my opinions, thoughts and beliefs on anything Barry Bonds, it was absolutely irresponsible and wrong to say what I did. I don't think it's within anyone's right to say the things I said yesterday and affect other peoples lives in that way. "As someone who's made it very clear I have major issues with members of the media that take little or no pride in their work it's the height of hypocrisy for me to say what I did, in any forum." On Tuesday morning on WEEI radio, Schilling criticized the San Francisco Giants slugger, who is 10 homers short of matching Hank Aaron's home run record of 755. "I mean, he admitted that he used steroids," Schilling said on the show. "I mean, there's no gray area. He admitted to cheating on his wife, cheating on his taxes and cheating on the game, so I think the reaction around the league, the game, being what it is, in the case of what people think. Hank Aaron not being there. The commissioner (Bud Selig) trying to figure out where to be. It's sad. "And I don't care that he's black, or green, or purple, or yellow, or whatever. It's unfortunate," he said. "There's good people and bad people. It's unfortunate that it's happening the way it's happening." Boston manager Terry Francona said before the Red Sox game in Toronto last night that he urged Schilling to use more discretion. "Schill came to me," Francona said. "We talked a little bit and I said, 'You probably just need to stay away from some of those things.'" He said he'd let Schilling continue writing his blog. "I don't care, as long as he stays away from certain things," Francona said. "It doesn't make sense. If you want to run for office some day and solve the world's problems, go ahead. Just not while I'm the manager." He also said he didn't know what a blog was until Schilling's stirred controversy and doesn't plan to read it. Schilling said on his blog that his comment about Bonds "was a callous, reckless and irresponsible thing to say, and for that I apologize to Barry, Barry's family, Barry's friends and the Giants organization, my teammates and the Red Sox organization as well as anyone else that may have been offended by the comments I made." Daily News Specials