The Future King

While we await Barry Bonds breaking Hank Aaron’s Home Run record (hard to believe I’m writing that), everyone knows the reign of Barry Bonds will be short compared to his predecessors. Babe Ruth held the record for 53 years (1921-74), Hank Aaron has held it 33 years. The man who held it before Ruth (Roger) had a 26 year reign (1895-1921). Barring a tragedy, Barry Bonds reign will be shorter, much shorter. Probably about 7 years. With half a season of baseball left, Alex Rodriguez has 494 Homers. I’ll be conservative and say he gets to 520 before the season’s over. If he averages 40 a year for the next 7 years, he’ll have 800 career homers at 39. Even if Bonds gets his way and gets hit #3000 next year, he probably tops out around 780.

A-Rod may laugh off the talk now, he’ll almost undoubtedly become the Home Run king one day. This ought to cause a man to examine his life and character, because with a record like that, he will be remembered. The only question is how.

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