Boston behemoth Manny Ramirez -- that's "Man-Ram" to mortals like you
and me -- hit his 500th home run today, becoming the 24th major leaguer
to get to that milestone. You know what?
Yawwwwn.
Okay, that's an exaggeration. But seriously ...
... four other active players have more than Manny does (Thome,
Hurt, A-Rod, Junior), while two others (Barry and Sammy) played as
recently as last season and three more beyond that (McGwire, Palmeiro,
Murray) are very recent retirees themselves -- some less than willingly
than others, one might point out. McGriff almost got there (493) and Sheffield (at 483) almost certainly will later this season.
It -- 500, that is -- used to be The Big Number, the one where if there was a Monday Night Baseball
game on (back in the day) and a player in another game in another city
came to the plate sitting on 499, there would be a live cut-in. Now?
Manny isn't really even the top home run story -- much less the top
story overall -- on Baseball Tonight, as Ken Griffey Jr. hit #599 today, too.
Geez, the homer happened several hours ago and we're just getting a thread up about it now? Unthinkable 20 years ago!
Your thoughts, Bauxites?
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