July 27, 200719 yr KANSAS CITY -- How's this for a twist? For record-keeping purposes, Alex Rodriguez may have already hit his 500th home run. The statistical confusion stems from the June 28 suspended game at Baltimore, which the Yankees are primed to complete Friday prior to their regularly scheduled game against the Orioles. For all intents and purposes, Rodriguez is stuck in a time warp in his chase for 500 home runs. Thus, he could conceivably hit career homer No. 493 at Baltimore on Friday, making his homer Wednesday off Kansas City's Gil Meche No. 500, as statistics in the suspended game will be attributed to having occurred June 28. "It is a little unusual, when you consider the stats count in that game, even though the result has not been decided yet," said Yankees manager Joe Torre. "Go figure that one out." The Yankees were leading Baltimore 8-6 when umpires halted play in the top of the eighth inning, leaving Rodriguez on deck. Rodriguez is 0-for-3 with an RBI in the frozen contest. Rodriguez, who is virtually assured of becoming the youngest player to ever hit 500 home runs whenever he does accomplish the feat, hit what he believed to be his 499th in the eighth inning Wednesday off Meche, a line-drive two-run shot to right-center. But if Rodriguez homers in Friday's suspended game, statistical records would indicate that the home run off Meche was in fact his 500th career home run. All of Rodriguez's round-number milestones have come on the road: he hit No. 100 on Aug. 12, 1998, at Toronto; No. 200 on May 21, 2001, at Chicago; No. 300 on April 2, 2003, at Anaheim; and No. 400 on June 8, 2005, at Milwaukee. Rodriguez entered Thursday the Major Leagues with 35 home runs and 102 RBIs, and is the first player in history to hit 35 or more home runs and drive in 100 or more runs in 10 consecutive seasons. He's batting .311 for the Yankees, who trail the Red Sox by 6 1/2 games for the American League East lead. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb
July 27, 200719 yr Author Babe Ruth really has 715 home runs. ok? Yeah? What does this have to do with the article?
July 27, 200719 yr Babe Ruth really has 715 home runs. ok? Yeah? What does this have to do with the article? Since you posted an article on a 'phantom' home run, I'd thought I'd mention a historical occurence of a 'phantom' home run. What do you want me to post? 'lawlz confusion, lawls'
July 27, 200719 yr why does babe ruth have 715 phantom home runs? because they wouldn't let the superior blacks play?
July 27, 200719 yr Author why does babe ruth have 715 phantom home runs? because they wouldn't let the superior blacks play? he is talking about 1 phantom HR and Festa, ARod hasn't hit a homerun that suspended game
July 27, 200719 yr why does babe ruth have 715 phantom home runs? because they wouldn't let the superior blacks play? Something about an old walk-off rule. Say your team was down 6-7 in the bottom of the 9th, and you hit a grand slam. After the 2 runs would score, the game would be over and you'd be stranded on 2nd with a double, even though you hit it out. Ruth had something like that happen. The rule was later changed obviously. BACK ON TOPIC: So, if A-Rod hits one out in the remaining innings of that suspended game, technically, his 499th is really number 500?
July 27, 200719 yr i thought he was saying all of babe ruth's 715 were phantom home runs. don't know which 1 phantom hr your talking about. anyway, unimportant. even though a-rod is extremely annoying with all of his phoniness and being unclutch, etc, i still don't believe he gets nearly the amount of credit and awe he deserves considering whats hes doing at his age (how about that at bat by bk? i thought he was gonna charge the mound instead of taking 1st)
July 27, 200719 yr why does babe ruth have 715 phantom home runs? because they wouldn't let the superior blacks play? Something about an old walk-off rule. Say your team was down 6-7 in the bottom of the 9th, and you hit a grand slam. After the 2 runs would score, the game would be over and you'd be stranded on 2nd with a double, even though you hit it out. Ruth had something like that happen. The rule was later changed obviously. BACK ON TOPIC: So, if A-Rod hits one out in the remaining innings of that suspended game, technically, his 499th is really number 500? yes, if he hits one out during the resumption of the suspended game, it counts as if it happened back on the original day the game started and every home run since that game would be 1 later in his sequence
July 27, 200719 yr why does babe ruth have 715 phantom home runs? because they wouldn't let the superior blacks play? Something about an old walk-off rule. Say your team was down 6-7 in the bottom of the 9th, and you hit a grand slam. After the 2 runs would score, the game would be over and you'd be stranded on 2nd with a double, even though you hit it out. Ruth had something like that happen. The rule was later changed obviously. BACK ON TOPIC: So, if A-Rod hits one out in the remaining innings of that suspended game, technically, his 499th is really number 500? Yes
July 27, 200719 yr Author So this whole ordeal depends upon A-Rod hitting one out in what will likely be his only remaining AB in that game? yessir
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