Last night A-Rod hit his 599th home run. It was a crushing shot that leapt off of his bat. It actually showed off his strength. Just the pitch before he looked completely overmatched.
On the homerun pitch he almost looked as if he lunged at it. The sound of the crack gave it away though. It sounded like a fifty cal rifle going off. It was an immediate attention grabber, like the pretty girl walking down the street who knows she pretty. In the room I was in, heads snapped around.
Of course, this brings with it the immediate question of what will happen to A-rod now that he’s on the brink of 600? Will it be like his 500th and mess with his swing for a few days or will he crack it this weekend as all the talking heads have proffered? I hope he does for both selfish and “team” orientated reasons. A-Rod’s on almost all of my fantasy teams so I need him to produce.
In fact, on one of my teams I have Tex and him. I’m constantly fighting to get out of last place with that team. I need them to produce.
Of course, the Yankees need them to produce too. Jeter is having a bit of a down year. Tex is taking longer than normal to warm up and the Yanks are in the middle of a pennant race that may be a drag it out type of fight.
I personally hope he hits the home run tonight and then moves on as quickly as possible.
This season has been good because the team has not played as well as it could be playing and they still have the best record in baseball.
Here’s to that continuing!
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