Rodriguez gets his milestone HR

[Frayed Knot]

Congrats to Pudge on his 300th HR last night.



Oh, but that ARod guy is still stuck on 599. At the beginning of this "drought" he was at least hitting just not hitting HRs. Now he's like oh for his last 17 or something.
Yanx lost again tonight and fall to 2nd place.
Tonight Pettitte's replacement got kicked around, but that wasn't as much fun as the Jays putting up an ML-record six 2Bs in one inning on Monday, most of them off Burnett.




Buck wins his debut in Bal'mer.

Edited August 3, 2010 by Guest

[bmfc1]

Snap! Well done!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Michael Kay is practically in tears calling these games, gotta love it.

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Michael Kay is practically in tears calling these games, gotta love it.

I thought Kay was going to bawl about a week ago when ARod didn't get his HR before the team went to Cleveland - mainly because Kay wasn't doing the Cleveland trip (a 4 gamer too) and he figured he'd miss it.
But that was about 10 games ago now.

[metirish]

Yeah , well played , got me.....congrats to Pudge.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was watching the Mets-Braves on MLB Network last night, and they'd cut away from the game whenever Alex Rodriguez came to bat. (And I'd then switch to the backup telecast, the standard definition broadcast from the Extra Innings package.)

Are there that many people who care about seeing his 600th home run? I imagine Yankees fans do, but they're watching the Yankees game; they're not watching the Mets and the Braves on MLB Network.



The Daily News printed a list of the top ten all-time home run hitters, and I was a little surprised to see that I had seen nine of the ten play, either live or on television (or both). All except for Babe Ruth.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I was watching the Mets-Braves on MLB Network last night, and they'd cut away from the game whenever Alex Rodriguez came to bat. (And I'd then switch to the backup telecast, the standard definition broadcast from the Extra Innings package.) Are there that many people who care about seeing his 600th home run? I imagine Yankees fans do, but they're watching the Yankees game; they're not watching the Mets and the Braves on MLB Network. The Daily News printed a list of the top ten all-time home run hitters, and I was a little surprised to see that I had seen nine of the ten play, either live or on television (or both). All except for Babe Ruth.

It's borderline. I don't really care about the home run, I wonder if fans in Seattle/Texas that might just be happening to watch whatever's on MLB would? But I really like the way MLB Network does all the around the league type stuff. I don't know if a cheater hitting a numerical milestone is worth it, but I like the way they bring you around. It sucks when they cut away from games imo, but if you think about it, you wouldn't have had that game if not for MLB Network anyway.


Now the obessesive Yankee lovefest, run by Michael Kay.. *gag*

[metirish]

Not surprising that MLB would pop to the game , but I don't think there is a big buzz surrounding Rodriguez , not even sure if espn has Pedro Gomez following him around like a dog for all the insights that no one cares about.

Edited August 4, 2010 by Guest

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Gayrod also missed the team photo shoot for the MFYs yesterday.

[soupcan]

This remind anybody of Gary Carter being stuck on 299 for what - like 3 months?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I just love the thought of a fake ceremony.

"And here come his kids, who you know he wants to share the moment with! And here comes his girlfriend... and his other girlfreind. There's Cynthia with her profantity jersey. Here's his agent... and a few more kids. That chick from Kansas City with the spray-on tan. This is really what it's all about isn't it, Susan?"

"Is that his dealer coming down to the dugout now, John?"

"Yes it is. A few of them, too. How wonderful that they can all share this."

[metirish]

Dying over here....

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Are there that many people who care about seeing his 600th home run? I imagine Yankees fans do, but they're watching the Yankees game; they're not watching the Mets and the Braves on MLB Network.

It's the MLB network and they're going to carry MLB news. I don't have a problem with it.
As far a 'who cares', the steroids stink and better knowledge of stats has definitely diminished interest in 'counting records' over the years, but he'll still be just the 7th to that spot ever and it is a significant milestone.

The Daily News printed a list of the top ten all-time home run hitters, and I was a little surprised to see that I had seen nine of the ten play, either live or on television (or both). All except for Babe Ruth.

Off the top of my head you've potentially seen every 500+ guy except for Ott, Mantle, Foxx & Williams, which would mean like 27 of the top 30 at this point or somewhere around there. Remember that when Kiner retired with his 360-something he was 6th on the all-time list.

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: Off the top of my head you've potentially seen every 500+ guy except for Ott, Mantle, Foxx & Williams, which would mean like 27 of the top 30 at this point or somewhere around there.

Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews? (Doesn't count if you were too young to remember them!)

[Benjamin Grimm]

I do remember Ernie Banks as an active player, but not Eddie Mathews.

[Frayed Knot]

metirish wrote: Not surprising that MLB would pop to the game , but I don't think there is a big buzz surrounding Rodriguez , not even sure if espn has Pedro Gomez following him around like a dog for all the insights that no one cares about.

Pedro issued a statement that while he'd like to be on the Alex over America tour, for the foreseeable future he is hopelessly camped out on some guy's lawn in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Michael Kay is practically in tears calling these games, gotta love it.

Should this stretch a month or so, I would love to see a picture-a-day thing of Michael Kay looking slightly more disheveled with each click, set to "Everyday." That is my early Christmas wish. (Well, that and the Rod being stuck on 599 until season's end, then hitting a cheap, blown-umpire's-call-even-after-review 600th into right center field on the last weekend of the season, during a MFY loss. That way, we don't have to hear about it all winter as a "subplot" of the offseason, but there's still a little fuzziness around the thing. Was it your 600th? Yes, well, technically.)

[Frayed Knot]

Checking out the 500-club for the first time in a long while:

- 25 members now. When I first learned it there were four
3 at 700+, 3 more (heh, heh) at 600+; and 19 more between 500 & 599

- Sheffield was the last to reach and stalled at 'just' 509

- and it looks like it'll be a while before anyone new joins.
Chipper is the active leader (of those not there yet) but it's looking increasingly like he'll not reach (66 short). Nor would I bet on Vlad (428) or Giambi (412)
That leaves Albert as the next likely candidate but, at 392, he's still probably three healthy seasons away so mark your calendars for mid/late-2013 StL fans.

- Other than that the next possibility is maybe Adam Dunn at 342. Everyone else in the 300+ group is closer to the end than the beginning.
Not that this is a HR club which should be breached every season or two, but for a while there it seemed like it was.




And, btw, I seemed to have mis-read the headline which led to this thread in the first place.
Turns out that it was Ivan Rod's 307th HR the other day but his 300th as a catcher.
Oh well. I fucked up the facts but it all just served to allow me to get a joke in at ARod's expense and, really, isn't that the most important thing?

[TransMonk]

Frayed Knot wrote: I fucked up the facts but it all just served to allow me to get a joke in at ARod's expense and, really, isn't that the most important thing?

Yes!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Checking out the 500-club for the first time in a long while: - 25 members now. When I first learned it there were four

Four? That surprises me. I guess you're more than a couple of years older than me. I just looked it up, and the fifth player to hit his 500th home run was Willie Mays, on 09/13/1965. (The first four were Ruth, Foxx, Ott, and Williams.)
By the time that I first started paying attention, in 1971, the list was up to nine, with the additions of Mantle, Mathews, Aaron, and Banks. During the 1971 season, Frank Robinson and Harmon Killebrew hit their 500ths, but I have no memory of being aware of it.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Our long, national nightmare is over. The centaur has finally cleared the fence.

[Farmer Ted]

Juicing Douche, admittedly.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1151759/index.htm?eref=sihp

[ashie62]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Our long, national nightmare is over. The centaur has finally cleared the fence.

Another PED user gets to 600 Homeruns.

[ashie62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I do remember Ernie Banks as an active player, but not Eddie Mathews.

I miss Ott, Williams, Mathews, Foxx and Ruth.

[Vic Sage]

my brother directed and edited a sports video about the 500 home run club in 1988, hosted by Bob Costas and Mickey Mantle.

http://www.amazon.com/500-Home-Run-Club-VHS/dp/6301683005/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1280945525&sr=1-1-fkmr0

At the time he made the documentary, there were only 14 guys who had done it.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Vic Sage wrote: my brother directed and edited a sports video about the 500 home run club in 1988, hosted by Bob Costas and Mickey Mantle. http://www.amazon.com/500-Home-Run-Club-VHS/dp/6301683005/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1280945525&sr=1-1-fkmr0 At the time he made the documentary, there were only 14 guys who had done it.

Hey, I have that! Sweet.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Ian O'Connor tweets: Derek Jeter's 4 for 4 is just a little this-is-still-my-house reminder to A-Rod on the day of No. 600 #yankees


Amazing! O'Connor's Jeterlust is truly frightening.

[Frayed Knot]

The statement issued by one of the Steinbrenner boys was almost as comical.
It congratulates Rodriguez for his accomplishment in one sentence and then takes several more lauding the fact that this happened as a Yanqui and about how it adds it MFY history.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'd almost be disturbed if they handled something like this with an ounce of humility; pompousness is the brand identity.

[metirish]

Just watched it on the MLB app , Kay gave it the usual "see ya" but noting too over the top. Al Leiter sounded like a slobbering fool talking about it...." oh gosh , I , I can't imagine how he feels , a great moment for him and his yankee team mates"....it looked like his team mates hugged him cos well that's the thing to do, Jeter was all over him though.