2007 - A Milestone Year |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 10:46 am |
| Tags: mlb, new york mets, new york yankees |
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There's a chance that by the end of today's games Alex Rodriguez will have 500 home runs, Tom Glavine will have 300 wins and Barry Bonds will be tied with, or ahead of, Hank Aaron on the all-time home run list. That would be quite a memorable day in the history of baseball and perhaps the greatest concentration of individual milestones in the history of sports. Bonds is the biggie because it's the record rather than just a notch in the belt of a long career, but Bruce Bochy isn't confirming or denying his presence in the lineup tonight. I'd guess that he'll play against Brad Penny tonight after an off-day Monday but might rest on Wednesday against the lefty Mark Hendrickson. In front of a Dodger crowd predisposed toward booing Giants, though, they might just let Bonds languish on the bench. There must be something about 2007 that draws these things together. It was just over a month ago, after all, that Craig Biggio and Frank Thomas combined to give baseball it's first-ever [ Full article ] |
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