Saturday, August 04, 2007

Hank Aaron Gets Company From Former Sun Devil



After spending over three decades all alone at the top of the major league alltime HR leaderboard, Hank Aaron gets some brief company from Barry Bonds, as he temporarely shares a slot with Aaron at the top of the list. Quite soon however; the former Arizona State star will continue past Hank as he is poised to shatter baseball's most hallowed record as the Giants will return to AT&T park on Monday for a homestand. Barry Bonds belted number 755 in his first at bat tonight at Petco Park in San Diego, homering off Clay Hensley, Hensley becomes the 455th pitcher for Bonds to homer off of. It was Bonds' 88th homer off the Padres in his career. Bonds celebrated with his family and even received a cell phone call from his older daughter during his press conference.
Commisioner Bud Selig looked confused and wasn't too emotional during the homerun, he seemingly couldn't tell if the ball even made it over the fence and looked quite dumbfounded, perhaps he was drunk! Former Sun Devils Barry Bonds and Reggie Jackson are among baseballs alltime HR leader list.

Here' The 500 Club:

Barry Bonds* (42) 755
Hank Aaron+ 755
Babe Ruth+* 714
Willie Mays+ 660
Sammy Sosa (38) 604
Ken Griffey* (37) 589
Frank Robinson+ 586
Mark McGwire 583
Harmon Killebrew+ 573
Rafael Palmeiro* 569
Reggie Jackson+* 563
Mike Schmidt+ 548
Mickey Mantle+# 536
Jimmie Foxx+ 534
Willie McCovey+* 521
Ted Williams+* 521
Ernie Banks+ 512
Eddie Mathews+* 512
Mel Ott+* 511
Eddie Murray+# 504
Frank Thomas (39) 504
Alex Rodriguez (31) 500

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