I think Bonds is a word for which blanp would probably remove this post, but I have to admit it was a neat moment of serendipity when, with Hank Aaron in the ESPN broadcast booth Sunday night at Turner Field, Bonds hit a ball about five miles. Aaron said he had never seen a ball hit that far at Turner.<p>To his great credit, Aaron has been very classy about the likelihood of Bonds' supplanting him as the home-run king, saying Sunday night, "Records are made to be broken."<p>Joe Morgan asked Aaron what achievement he was most proud of, and Aaron responded that he was most proud of the fact that he never struck out as many as 100 times in a season--which is pretty amazing when sluggers regularly blow past 100 Ks these days. It's a testament to Aaron's ability as a hitter, not just a slugger, and serves as a reminder that Aaron had almost 4,000 hits (3,771) to go with those 755 home runs! <p>Aaron played 23 seasons. Bonds is in his 19th season and has 2,707 hits. He would have to play another three seasons, probably (maybe two and a half), to get to 3,000 hits. It looks as though he will fall well short of Aaron's hits mark, at least.<p>[ August 31, 2004: Message edited by: wordygurdy ]</p>
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