Arod Ties Gehrig

[oldjudge]

I know some people here don't follow current baseball, but tonight Arod tied Lou Gehrig's long standing career record of 23 grand slam homers. Congratulations to Alex!

[Vegas-guy]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

i know some people here don't follow current baseball, but tonight arod tied lou gehrig's long standing career record of 23 grand slam homers. Congratulations to alex!

+23.

[FrankWakefield]

From the 60's, when I started paying attention to baseball, through to the first few years of the 21st century, I thought that Gehrig's 23 was unassailable. Then I had a bit of doubt. ARod is a worthy successor.

[bbcard1]

I think a well rounded collection should have both a nice Walter Johnson and a nice Greg Maddux....

[batsballsbases]

Its a great acomplishment and I to thought that this record would never be broken! Hats off to A-Rod

[yanks4]

He isn't and will never be a Yankee......

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I think a well rounded collection should have both a nice Walter Johnson and a nice Greg Maddux....

+1

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

From the 60's, when I started paying attention to baseball, through to the first few years of the 21st century, I thought that Gehrig's 23 was unassailable. Then I had a bit of doubt. ARod is a worthy successor.

Frank

I think that the only "un-assailable" record in the books is Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak.

The way the game is played nowadays, I do not see it ever being tied or surpassed.


TED Z

[drc]

ARod used steroids.

[esd10]

the record he set tonight is stained with steroids

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by drc

ARod used steroids.

So did all the pitchers from that era.

It seems much more likely to me that Dimaggio's record is broken than Ripken's or Young's. All it takes is a 57-game fluke and the record is broken. For the other two, it takes years upon years of consistent consecutive games or wins. Ripken's could probably be broken, but no way will Young's record be broken unless the entire way modern baseball is played changes.

[alanu]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Frank

I think that the only "un-assailable" record in the books is Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak.

The way the game is played nowadays, I do not see it ever being tied or surpassed.


TED Z

I would add Nolan Ryan's 5 zillion strikeouts

[Jay Wolt]

Don't forget Cy Young's 511 wins.
Its hard enough for a pitcher to win 20 these days.
And if a pitcher won 20 games in 25 consecutive seasons, he'd still be 11 short

[markf31]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Frank

I think that the only "un-assailable" record in the books is Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak.

The way the game is played nowadays, I do not see it ever being tied or surpassed.


TED Z

Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back No Hitters in 1938. To break that record, someone needs to throw 3 No Hitters. Talk about an-assailable!!

[bbcard1]

I am less bothered by the steroid era than some. It's just the way it was at that time. It was different before and it is different after. I completely understand if you wish to be outraged.

Here's one thing to ponder. After DiMaggio's 56 game streak was stopped by two great plays by Kenny Kelter, we rattled off another streak of 35 game or so. Let's say his hit streak would have been extended to 92. I would propose that had that happened we might see hit streaks in the mid-60s on a fairly regular basis.

[alanu]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I know some people here don't follow current baseball, but tonight Arod tied Lou Gehrig's long standing career record of 23 grand slam homers. Congratulations to Alex!

Ugh, I feel sick

[CMIZ5290]

Yea....but yet another stupid, bonehead decision by fredi gonzalez to pull mike minor from the game. One out in the 8th inning, allowing no runs and not many hits. 3rd time in the last 3 weeks gonzalez has done this with the starting pitchers cruising along, only to lose the game....bobby cox, please come out of retirement!