A lot of folks consider that good news. He's sitting on 654 HR's now, so even at 15 / year he won't crack 700. Again, good news. I'm interested to see what he has left in the tank and if he's even a 20 HR guy at this point.Papelbon's Poutine said:Aww, but they didn't mention the $6M bonus this year on HR #6.
Sadly it's no longer forgone for #715 overall.
3rd,actually,but your point stands.Rudy Pemberton said:What significance does HR # 715 hold for a steroid user? It only vaults him to 2nd place. I don't see a ton of potential ticket sales or TV revenue generated by that chase.
Hyde Park Factor said:A lot of folks consider that good news. He's sitting on 654 HR's now, so even at 15 / year he won't crack 700. Again, good news. I'm interested to see what he has left in the tank and if he's even a 20 HR guy at this point.
The point is it triggers contract escalators, so it's pretty damn significant for this steroid user.Rudy Pemberton said:What significance does HR # 715 hold for a steroid user? It only vaults him to 2nd place. I don't see a ton of potential ticket sales or TV revenue generated by that chase.
Rudy Pemberton said:I meant in terms of the post before that...where someone asked if another team would pick up an A-Rod stuck on 712 homers. Him breaking the # of homers Ruth hit seems less significant if he's on the Marlins, say, and I doubt the acquiring team would generate much marketing benefit.
Not because of Ruth, because of A-roid. If he never hit another HR again that would be fine with me. Hell, if he never gets another hit that would be fine too.Papelbon's Poutine said:Why on earth would I consider it good news? Because of Ruth? HA! If you're a Yankees fan sure, I guess. Otherwise, I would absolutely love to see ARod pass Ruth in a Yankees uniform and get a $6M bonus for doing so. F both of em.
brandonchristensen said:Awesome. Glad he's back.
The Yankees/Red Sox have been oddly calm as of late, and with Jeter gone, there's really no ties to the old rivalry.
I was on my way here to post a similar pic in response to Brandon, but you beat me to it. His larger point stands though; the ol' rivalry ain't what it used to be. A non-baseball-fan friend asked me the other day what the biggest rivalry in the sport is and I hesitated before answering. Kind of sad in a strange way.snowmanny said:
Oh you probably mean Yankee ties. I'm leaving the pic anyway.
Dodgers/Giants, no?GRPhilipp said:I was on my way here to post a similar pic in response to Brandon, but you beat me to it. His larger point stands though; the ol' rivalry ain't what it used to be. A non-baseball-fan friend asked me the other day what the biggest rivalry in the sport is and I hesitated before answering. Kind of sad in a strange way.
That's actually what I told him, but I live in Giant country, so I doubt I'm being objective. Cubs-Cards has great history, but little current vitality. What else is there? Yankees-Mets? Cubs-White Sox? Dodgers-D'backs? (!) Sox-Rays? I think Dodgers-Giants tops them all right now.InsideTheParker said:Dodgers/Giants, no?
I was talking about baseball only, and as of now. History matters, of course, but sometimes these things seem to blossom pretty quickly. If all there is to it is some years-ago stuff... well then it's not much of a rivalry, right?snowmanny said:So we are discounting all history and going with right now? Right now the biggest rivalry in sport is Alabama-Auburn or that Barcelona-Madrid thingie.
Numbers? The percent delta between an average Army or Harvard or Navy or Yale game vs an Army-Navy game or Harvard-Yale game is, at least historically, much, much larger than between an average Auburn or Bama game and an Auburn-Alabama game. Like, by orders of magnitude.snowmanny said:Right now the biggest rivalry in sport is Alabama-Auburn