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Connfused	Post subject: ... shy of the record Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:08 pm
Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:46 am Posts: 302 Location: Conn. -- hence the name	I'm ready to smash my TV. The well-coiffed dimwits at ESPN insist that Barry Bonds is three home runs shy of the career home run record. Aaron = 755 Bonds = 753 (as of this writing) So here's a thought -- how about say he's three home runs away from BREAKING the record. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:10 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	I prefer "at 753 home runs, Bonds is just 256 roundtrippers ahead of his eventual successor, Alex Rodriguez."
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:42 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	I thought everybody said Ken Griffey Jr. was a lock to break the record.
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Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:07 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	I never heard that one. To me, it was obvious that somebody who took as little care of his conditioning as Griffey would never get there. He's having a good year, but he's a castle built on sand.
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:08 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	In the late '90s, it was a common assumption that Griffey would break Aaron's record.
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Wayne Countryman	Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:48 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1775 Location: Baltimore	jjmoney62 wrote: In the late '90s, it was a common assumption that Griffey would break Aaron's record. Yes. Being so good so young put him on a great pace. Taking time off during the winters to heal from diving and crashing into walls led to a lack of conditioning. An over-reliance on natural ability might have been even a greater factor in not working out sufficiently. Griffey's legs in particular tightened at a young age. He didn't lose strength as much as he lost flexibility. When he's healthy he's still good, but with his frame grown stiff and brittle, he's missed many hundreds of at-bats since the late '90s. Whatever one thinks of Bonds, he deserves credit for staying in shape during his thirties. And Griffey deserves credit for playing spectacularly and recklessly in centerfield until the injuries caught up with him.
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Redaktor	Post subject: Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:54 pm
Joined: Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:22 pm Posts: 377 Location: Up North and unaffiliated	Is he staying in shape, or just not wearing out? Guy sits out series, it's easier to go longer.
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