I just don't get it...Bonds has no chance of being the all time HR leader within 15 years...A-rod and Ryan Howard will put his number to shame. we should all just stop caring about the number it will be shattered eventually.
2007-07-11 13:07:02 · 17 answers · asked by FWREDE 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Howard's chances of getting to 700 homers are pretty slim. He and Pujols are the same age and Howard just got to 100 homers this season and is at 103 while Pujols is already up to 266. Pujols has the far better shot at setting the mark than Howard does.
Howard did not become a full time big leaguer until the age of 25 and you almost have to break into the league at 20 or 21 to have realistic shot at 700 homers. Aaron was 21 his rookie year, Bonds was 21, and Pujols was 21. Those guys all have 4 full seasons on Howard.
2007-07-11 16:36:00 · answer #1 · answered by eaengberg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you really don't know if Alex and Ryan can break the homerun record.
Ken Griffey Jr. was on pace to break the record, but what happened? He got injured.
Everyone cares right now cause Hank has been the home run king for such a long time. Its not everyday you see someone break the home run record, so I suppose thats why Barry Bonds is getting so much attention.
It all depends on Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Howard, and Albert Pujols staying healthy. If they can, they should be able to break the homerun record.
2007-07-11 23:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by thefatty500 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of players who were going to break the HR record and didn't. Griffey was the youngest to just about every HR mark and look what happened. With injuries, you just never know. Two years ago it looked like Bonds might not make it.
Arod is still 250 away - he's got a good shot but still, that's a long way to go once a player hits his 30s.
And please, don't even talk about Ryan Howard until another decade has gone by. Its even too early to talk about Pujols.
2007-07-11 21:07:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I think A-Rod has it in him to break 800 HRs, or whatever the new record will be, I find it unbelievable that Ryan Howard will be up to that total in under 10 years. Like anyone could hit 70-80 per year for a decade. Give him and us a break. . . .
2007-07-11 20:17:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get your facts straight howard has no chance. 100 at 27 at a pace like arod of about 43 a year in ten years when howard is 37 and on the decline he would still need over 200 hr. but you go ahead and think he can do it. he could avg 50 a season till he is 40 he would have just 750. i mean its not like there are only 3 guys in the history of baseball to hit 50 hr in a season 4 times so yeah howard can do 13 times.
2007-07-12 01:42:29 · answer #5 · answered by mattius337 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flashback to 1998 -- McGwire and Sosa chasing Maris. Big hoopla, big excitement, big media coverage; the Maris mark was 37 years old.
Skip to 2001. Bonds pursued, and caught, McGwire. Impressive performance, but -- yawn -- we'd seen similar in recent memory. It wasn't nearly so captivating (for many reasons, but the short duration since '98 was the primary one).
Thus Bonds now after Aaron. Hank's mark has stood for 33 years, and Ruth's had stood for 39 years before that (actually longer, he first took the record in 1921, but the final mark came in 1935). If (when) Bonds surpasses Aaron and, not long after, hits his last dinger, that's where the record will be. We're watching an assault like no other for over 30 years -- that's two generations of baseball fandom. If Rodriguez comes along and challenges Bonds in the next eight, ten seasons, well and good -- and, no denying it, there's a large faction who will take twisted pleasure in seeing Bonds' mark fall -- but it won't be a story decades in the making. We'll have seen it before, and relatively recently.
The story before us NOW is the one we KNOW we get to witness.
Howard has no chance at the HR record, wherever it ends up. I wouldn't yet pencil him in for 400 homers.
2007-07-11 22:51:35 · answer #6 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's big news because Aaron's record has stood for so long. I'm thankful Bonds' steroid-aided record won't stand for long though. I'm not a big A-Rod fan but he deserves the record way more than Bonds. Same for Howard, Pujols or pretty much anyone else who breaks it.
2007-07-11 20:33:28 · answer #7 · answered by elltea87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All records are meant to be passed up..... It's just being part of history just like when I watched Henry Aaron pass Babe Ruth up as HR leader.
Anyways, we will never know if A-Rod or Ryan Howard will pass that record up in 10 years. It may be Ken Griffey Jr. or even Frank Thomas, if Ken decides to DH.....
When it's passed up, I'm sure I'll see the progression of that record once again.
2007-07-11 20:14:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We should all just stop caring about the number that will be shattered eventually as by that you mean that we should all just forget about thinking for ourselves on this issue?
I think that Bond's record will eventually be broken but it is not a proven fact until it actually happens, if it does.
2007-07-11 20:21:13 · answer #9 · answered by Baltimore Birds Fan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. Let's let Bonds be Bonds and party when A-Rod breaks it. I'm not convinced about Howard though.
2007-07-11 20:37:14 · answer #10 · answered by Silvio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋