Is 600 important?
Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 at 3:43 am by Goodplaye in Baseball, MLB Baseball, New York Yankees
Alex Rodriguez hit his 598th career bomb in yesterday’s game and it got me thinking about its relevance. 15 years ago this would obviously have been huge. Now, knowing everything we know about steroids and having a few more members added to the 600 HR club, does it still mean anything? I guess what  I mean by that is does it mean anything to us as fans knowing that he used steroids?
I remember when they used to go live to every at bat when a guy was chasing a 500th or 600th hr. Will we still get that same kind of coverage? I’m pretty sure that it will get the attention but only from the ESPN’s and MLB Networks. Outside of the sports world I just don’t see it becoming big news.
I know that for me personally it is important. I’ve never really been outraged by steroids because we still don’t know enough about them or who exactly was using them. The whole steroid conversation is probably better left alone maybe for another post. That said I look at it like I would have 10-15 years ago, the 600 hr club is the shit! I look at it like this: Bonds, Aaron, Ruth, Mays, Griffey Jr., and Sosa. That is such a small club that is has to be celebrated any time we have a chance to witness somebody new joining it. Call me a Yankee homer or an A-rod lover but all I know is that thousands of guys have played major league baseball and only 6 of them have ever hit 600 hr’s. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing A-bomb join that club.
18 Responses to “Is 600 important?”
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19. Jul, 2010
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Mick
19. Jul, 2010
I think it’s a big deal for Yankee fans, but the rest of the country could probably give too shits which I think is perfect. When A-Rod is in the lime light, he usually shits down his leg but if this stays under the radar then it could be great for him. I’d love to see this go unnoticed and under-hyped by those fags at ESPN so he can go off and drop 20+ bombs and 70+ RBI in the second half…..
Meerkat
19. Jul, 2010
There is no need to cover each Gay-Rod AB, because the Yankees are on ESPN/FOX all the time.
Tom
19. Jul, 2010
No, of course A-Rod and 600 do not matter at all, but Tiger Woods, now that matters! Right, Gayplay?
goodplaye
19. Jul, 2010
That’s right Tom. I’m the only Tiger Woods fan out there anymore.
You blow my mind Tom. Every single day you manage to climb higher and higher on list of all time d-bags. I’m only talking about sports knowledge, I could care less about you calling all of us MORONS.
Mick
19. Jul, 2010
Once again, Tom coming through with more Hater-ade… Your posts are constantly the most worthless ideas I hear or read throughout my week. That weak ass Tiger Woods smack is more over used and abused than an ASU sorority girl’s snatch.
I can’t wait for A-Rod to join the 700 club so Tom can come out of the wood work to call everyone a moron/tool/d-bag or whatever lame name comes to mind to make himself feel relevant in his own pathetic existance. Go back to your internet porn sites and leave sport talk to grown ups.
Tom
19. Jul, 2010
What does arod getting 700 have to do with anything?
My Tiger Woods smack? haha ok, sure, whatever you say.
It’s absolutely moronic this idiot comes out, says Ass-rod’s 600 do not matter but Tiger and his loser ass matters huge, doesn’t it? Him and all his losing and not being any good at all. But he will win all the majors next year, won’t he!?
Mick, when you get Goodplay’s cock out of your mouth, maybe you can stop using terms like “hater-ade” and possibly read a book or if that is stretching it too far for you, maybe the ABC’s?
Mick
19. Jul, 2010
Could have guessed you’d go to your standard smack of calling someone a fagot. Seriously Tom, what’s next on your game plan yo momma jokes? I love it how you can’t type a clear English sentence and you turn right back around with ABC smack.
Fuck you are the lamest person to ever post on a sports blog….. Tom, where is your buddy HuskieJive when you need him to lower the bar of expectations down for you??
Mick
20. Jul, 2010
Lastly, the 600 HR club is WAY more exclusive that the 300 Win, 3000 Hit, and 3000 K clubs and yet very few sports writers and tv personalities are talking about A-Rod’s march. Could it be that America has lost it’s love of the long ball? Or have we all just expected this for so damn long that we’re going to wait until 650 or 700 comes along before America starts buzzing again with the HR leaderboard?
El Rey
20. Jul, 2010
No, it’s not important. At least not right now, and definitely for guys that built a majority of their resumes in the steroid era. Hell, Rod isn’t even going to end up a HOF’er, who cares how many HRs he hits?
3D
20. Jul, 2010
A Rod is doing it, so it’s important.
Mick
20. Jul, 2010
Not a Hall of Famer? Are you soley basing this on the fact he admitted doing steroids, or just the fact you hate him with a passion?
A-Rod and Manny will be in the Hall shortly after they quit playing because they’re two great hitters that both got caught at the end of the streoid era… Unlike Big Mac and Sammy, those two haven’t avoided the situation like the plague.
3D
20. Jul, 2010
Easy, Mick. King is in wishful thinking mode. He’s got to get his optimism out of the way before the Ducks open camp.
El Rey
20. Jul, 2010
No, I base it on the fact that baseball writers are the most self-righteous voting block this side of the bible belt and many have stated they will never vote for a guy linked to roids.
Good enough reason for you?
Mick
20. Jul, 2010
Holy freak out Kinger…. I was just asking man. Take the rag out.
El Rey
20. Jul, 2010
That was a ‘freak out?’ Wow, the Rocky Mountain air sure has made you soft.
PS- I would vote for him (and all the others roiders with good enough numbers) but the crusty vets who played with guys named ‘peach basket Mcgee’ and ‘Cool leather Atchison’, probably won’t and we all know the Costas’ and McCarvers of the world won’t.
Corky Sosa
20. Jul, 2010
You should respect everyone in the 600 club. Regardless of what they did to get there.
goodplaye
20. Jul, 2010
A bomb will get in just not on his first year of eligability, at least thats what the sports writers on the radio have been saying.