Mark down the date of August 4th, 2007 because that is when Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th career home run. At 32 years and 8 days he is the youngest player by 330 days to hit his 500th career home run and only the third man to do so in a Yankee uniform and only A-Rod and Mickey Mantle hit their 500th in Yankee Stadium. It sure took a while, but it was worth the wait. The first pitch Alex saw from Kyle Davies he crushed over the left field wall. You can't help but think that if he is healthy for the remainder of his career he will be the only man to ever hit 800 home runs and I personally hope he does it wearing a Yankee uniform. Now many thought that Ken Griffey Jr. would be the all time home run king (he was certainly on pace), but injuries cost him any chance. If Griffey didn't get hurt he would have broken it and I think the same is true for A-Rod. Not to mention the best part is that there is no suspicion of cheating on the part of A-Rod. That idiot Jose Canseco says he has "stuff" on A-Rod, but I personally think it is just a ploy to sell more books. A-Rod has done it the right way and if he does someday break the soon to be Barry Bonds home run record we can all be proud to say that he did it the right way. A huge congrats to A-Rod goes out from Bill and I and we both hope to see him hit #600 while wearing a Yankee uniform.
-Matt
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I second Matt on congratulating Alex Rodriguez on hitting his 500th home run. It has to be a huge relief to have it over with and he look much more relaxed during his at bats after hitting number 500. I heard Alex talk with Kim Jones on the postgame interview and he said, "It is an honor to hit this milestone while wearing this uniform." I hope he ends up staying a Yankee.
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