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| Author: | Matthew Grieco [ Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | The AP explains the Babe's mystique at last |
Nancy Armour, AP National Writer, wrote: Though Aaron holds the career record with 755 home runs, Ruth's 714 continues to hold something of a mystical appeal. Maybe it's the symmetry of the numbers, the last two digits a multiple of the first.
Or maybe not, because that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard? |
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| Author: | Phillip Blanchard [ Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:11 pm ] |
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I assumed that the writer was joking, but apparently not. |
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| Author: | ndugan1 [ Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:08 pm ] |
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So then, I guess, should Bonds pass the Babe, we should be equally mystified when he hits 721, 728, 735, 742 and 749. And -- uh oh -- if he breaks Aaron's mark, it'll be 756. And mystery of mysteries, what happens if he reaches, and then stops at, 777? Spare me. |
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| Author: | Connfused [ Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:29 pm ] |
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ndugan1 wrote: And mystery of mysteries, what happens if he reaches, and then stops at, 777?
Spare me. What if he had stopped at 666? |
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| Author: | ndugan1 [ Mon May 01, 2006 1:30 am ] |
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Connfused wrote: What if he had stopped at 666?
I wouldn't have had to see him plastered all over ESPN, leading off SportsCenter with a strikeout, ever again. |
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