A-Rod hits 492nd today

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Glad you brought this up,Somer! Bonds hold on the record will be short-lived, as A-Rods' onslaught continues. A-Rod is on fire and seems to be maturing every day(game-wise anyway) He appears to be totally focused now

Well, Bonds stands at 749 now, Aaron's 755 will fall soon, the question is will Bonds play next year? He wants 3000 hits and stands at about 2892/3 now, I don't see him getting over 100 more hits this year so he may well play next year yet. If so, he could come close to 800 home runs. By year's end, A-Rod should have about 515/520 and will turn 32. He will surely play 8-9 more years provided his health holds...280 divided by 9 equals about 31 per year...seems likely!

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Well, Bonds stands at 749 now, Aaron's 755 will fall soon, the question is will Bonds play next year? He wants 3000 hits and stands at about 2892/3 now, I don't see him getting over 100 more hits this year so he may well play next year yet. If so, he could come close to 800 home runs. By year's end, A-Rod should have about 515/520 and will turn 32. He will surely play 8-9 more years provided his health holds...280 divided by 9 equals about 31 per year...seems likely!

So...everything Arod hits over 31 is gravy for the next years....meaning he won't have to be hanging on if he does get injured for a time!