09-18-2004, 05:10 PM
Bonds hit 700! YAY! Ruth did it almost 80 years ago and the next guy to do it did it 40+ years later. Not to mention that when Ruth did it he was so far ahead of everyone else that his 60 HR in a season was more than any single team had. He almost hit more than the entire league combined. When I was growing up I remember a time when a 40 home run season was a big deal. The year McGwire broke the record there were 12 guys with over 50. A-rod hit 56 a couple of years ago, Manny and Sheff are both having +40 seasons. Soriano had 41 two years ago, Sosa and Alou get +40 all the time too. It's not special to hit +40 in a season any more because I think it's become easier to hit HR's since the time of Ruth. This is seen by the number of guys hitting for 40+ HR in his day, 1, and the number doing it these days, I don't know what the number is but I know it's alot more than 1. Fuck there are 2 or 3 guys on every team that could probably go for +40.
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