Seriously; Selig has now confirmed that he will follow Bonds in his pursuit of Aaron, presumably until the historic ball soars into the stands. Fine, no problem with that. But the career HR record has stood only since 1976.
Biggio is chasing down Hughie Jennings' career HBP record -- Bidge needs three more to pass -- and this is a record which has held since 1903 (Jennings played his last game in 1918, but last got plunked in '03). It obviously is a much harder record to break, and I think the commissioner should give equal respect to such an outstanding achievement, particularly one that was built without using any pharmaceuticals stronger than Ben-Gay.
I know, the naysayers will point out that Kendall will probably catch and pass Biggio in a few years, but we'll cross that river at that time. The spotlight is on the Houston second baseman right now.
So how about it, Bud?
Jennings: http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jennihu01.shtml
2007-07-25
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