Only a fool says "sure thing."

Injuries, death, re-polarization of the Earth. All of these things can hinder Alex Rodriguez in his pursuit of 763 HRs:

"Homer No. 600 is not arriving easily for Alex Rodriguez, which only makes No. 763 more distant, more debatable, than ever."

More distant and debatable than ever?

Thirteen years ago, when Alex Rodriguez was a minor leaguer, 763 HRs was very distant.

Thirty-six years ago, before Alex Rodriguez was born, one would have probably lost the debate between choosing the Unborn Slugger over Hank Aaron.

Ten-thousand years ago baseball didn't even exist.

200 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, none of them had even heard of baseball and none of them even spoke. How does Bondy suppose dinosaurs debated the odds of ARod becoming the eventual HR king in a sport that didn't even exist?

Can we at least admit that, while Alex Rodriguez's 763rd HR is certainly no guarantee, it's closer to reality than it was 200 million years ago?

Who knew the human race would evolve; then language for debating; then baseball; then Alex Rodriguez would be born; etc?

Dinosaurs weren't concerned with Alex Rodriguez. Dinosaurs were all just walking around thinking, "It's so long ago."


"A-Rod should finish with about 27 homers this year at his current pace, for a total of 610. He will need 153 more, with his power theoretically waning. He would require seven more seasons, averaging 22 homers, playing until age 42."

Wow.

You just made it sound downright easy.

In fact ... I'll go ahead and say it ... "it's a sure thing."


"Rodriguez has those seven years remaining on his contract with the Yankees, who will feel no obligation to play him regularly if he can't help win a pennant. The Yanks aren't big on novelties, just rings.

The more likely scenario is that the Yanks eventually pick up the bulk of his remaining contract while Rodriguez finishes as a DH with a smaller market club. And that is only if he remains healthy and strong enough, without the aid of tested PEDs."

HA HA HA. That's a likely scenario? The Yankees are trading ARod to a smaller market club? Paying ARod to hit HRs for a competing AL team? Why, so the Yankees can maybe open up the DH spot for Juan Miranda?

HA HA HA. The guy who pushed attendance past the 4 million mark? The guy who sells more tee-shirts than any other player, with the possible exception of Jeter?


The Yankees are SOOOOO big on novelties.

The Yankees built incentives for HR novelties directly into ARod's contract, for cryin' out loud.

You could buy a Steinbrenner/Sheppard combo memorial tee-shirt before either of them were buried. Cha-ching! (Probably not offically licensed merchandise.)

You can wear that tee-shirt with your Yankee Stadium hat while gazing lovingly at your Mariano Rivera figurine.

Clemens got his 300th win! Jeter has more singles than Edgar Martinez! Posada has 1,000 RBIs!

Specially-marked ball, y'all, to commemorate Francisco Cervelli's 10th sac bunt as a member of the Yankees. Whoopee!


Hideki Matsui bats .600+ in the Word Series and the Yankees win number Championship number 27. In less than one minute, Matsui is on the field wearing NYY Championship merchandise. "I gratefully accept the MVP trophy on behalf of my teammates and Modell's sporting goods."


I mean, the only reason the Yankees love rings so much is because rings move the merch.

Yes, the Yankees are going to trade ARod to KC if he approaches Bonds's records. Because the Yankees just want the Royals to boost their profits.