A season filled with milestones
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by user Behbigben15
It is only July 3rd, about halfway through the 2007 MLB season, and there have already been many big milestones that have been reached and accomplished this season.
First off, there have been two no-hitters so far, this season. One by White sox pitcher Mark Buehrle on April 18th in a win over the Rangers 6-0, the second by Tiger pitcher Justin Verlander on June 12 in a win over the Brewers 4-0, in interleague play. Curt Schilling was one out away from a no-hitter this season, also. As well as Roger Clemens getting his 350th career win yesterday, July 2, in an excellent outing against the Minnesota Twins.
Sammy Sosa Hit his 600th career home run on June 20 against his former team, the Chicago Cubs. Frank Thomas hit his 500th career home run on June 28, and on that same day Craig Biggio of the Astros got his 3000th career hit. Ken Griffey Jr. is only 15 home runs away from 600 in his career. While three other players are narrowing in on 500 career home runs (Alex Rodriguez 492, Jim Thome 483, and Manny Ramirez 481) and will most likely reach it this year, and three other players will probably reach that feat next year (Gary Sheffield 473, Carlos Delgado 420, and Mike Piazza 420). While many are chasing 500 and 600, Barry Bonds is chasing Hank Aaron as the all-time leader in home runs, he has 750, he only needs five to tie, and six to break the record. He will more than likely get number 756 this year.
I almost forgot about Miguel Tejada, the o's shortstop, ended his streak of 1,152 straight games, when he broke his wrist on June 20, it was the fifth highest streak in MLB history (of course, we all know that Cal Ripken, the Ironman of baseball, holds the record with 2,632 consecutive games played).
There are two other minor feats, Braves manager Bobby Cox is just one ejection away fro breaking John McGraw's record of 131 career ejections, right now Cox is tied with him, and Cox is projected to break the record on July 15, at home against the Pirates. Aubrey Huff, on June 30, hit for the cycle becoming just the third oriole player to do so, along with Cal Jr, and Brooks Robinson. This feat may not go with the other feats in this article, but I put it in here anyway.
This year, so far has been the year of the home run, and I think that June 28 should be named "Milestone day" since both Biggio, and Thomas both joined an amazing club, the 3000th hit club, and 500 HR club. And even though this era has been known as the Steroid era, 500 career HR's is still an amazing thing to do, and you should still be voted into the hall of fame, since I don't think there has actually been any legitimate prrof of using steroids. And yes, I think Barry Bonds deserves, and should be, as voted by the fans, an all-star this year.
If I missed any big records being broken, or already broken this year, then let me know, but I think I covered just about all of them.
