So who is going to top this? http://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/812556 In a year where he has been booed in virtually every at bat he has taken, this man has toppled many of baseball's all time records. This is but another one. In a year that many pundits thought his comeback was a joke he has led an an average team to a pennant race under the most adverse conditions.
I can't answer that. I guess for the same reason a player feels the need to take amphetamines, put foreign substances on baseballs before they pitch them, cork a bat, put ball bearings in bats. Why do teams water down a batters box or first base area. You know. Its all part of the grand old game. The guy is clean now and 40 years old coming off two hip surgeries and a year and a half of inactivity and there are only a handful of players in the game this year who have been more productive. Of course what's important is that we credit all his lifetime achievement to HGH.
I wonder if he'll retire or play another year or 2 and go out as a "beloved" player for beating the drug rap and doing amazing things drug free. If he were a Hollywood Hero, that's all anybody would talk about, how proud they were of him taking charge and getting clean, what a comeback story. Hugs all around etc.
Sorry to bore you, Sid. Pass through this topic, please. He took the steroids and his body broke down like they all do. The only difference is that he actually made it all the way back. He admitted it, heapologized for it and he paid with two hips and the longest suspension to date handed down by MLB and the everlasting scorn of baseball fans everywhere. We hate guys who don't admit guilt, who don't apologize. And we hate guys who do. America loves watching people fall down.
Comeon Sid. Think about how great an accomplishment by Arod this was. In 21 seasons playing 162 game schedules and numerous playoff games he was able to surpass Lou Gehrig who played 16 154 game schedules. And while the great Arod was using illegal substances to boost his performance Gehrig was suffering from the early stages of a fatal neurological disease. You just don't find greater feats than this. :roll:
I read an article where it was projected that ARod had the best chance of today's players in breaking Barry Bonds HR record. Mainly because he's already piled up so many. They speculated that if he hits 34 this year, and then hit's around 40 in 2016 and 2017 then he could do it. Mike Trout however will have to average 40 hr/year for the next 16 years to break it.