There were actually two correct answers so either counted. The year was 1961 when Roger Maris hit 61 homeruns and Mickey Mantle hit 54. Bruce guessed Mantle proving his knowledge of Yankee history and not showing any signs of being a bandwagon fan. Good job my man!
Of course since the post on Monday regarding A-Rod reaching 50 HRs he's hit 3 in as many games include two last night all in one inning of work with a bad ankle. If he continues to hit like this, he could possibly match his career high 57 HRs which he set back in 2002 while with Texas.
But I'll get to A-Rod more in another post that I keep putting off to write...onto other Yankee news.
Playoffs and Injuries Could Ruin Wedding Plans
Baseball is a game of luck in many instances and as luck would have it, if the Yankees make the playoffs and the starting rotation isn't 100% Ian Kennedy's wedding plans may be on hold. Ironically for Kennedy I'm sure he didn't expect to zip through the minor leagues as he has this year and is taking the place of Mussina/Clemens in the rotation for now. But whatever happens, I'm sure he'll get married and the Yankees will shove wedding cake in his face.
Clemens Done After '07?
Rumors surround Roger Clemens making an '08 return to the diamond. Now that he has an elbow injury it may be a sign that he needs to hang 'em up for good. Overall, Clemens has been okay but his strikeout rate is down and from what I heard on Baseball Tonight, his close friends have said Roger is really pushing it this season.
My take is that he'll do his usual mulling about it, seeing how his body is in the offseason and not deciding on anything until 2008. I won't say whether he'll come back or not for sure because we have to see how his elbow holds up the rest of the way.
Football PredictionsFootball season starts to day and while this is not a football blog I will offer my predictions below:
NFC East Cowboys
NFC North Chicago
NFC South New Orleans
NFC West St. Louis
Wild Card Eagles
AFC East Pats
AFC North Cincinnati
AFC South Colts
AFC West San Diego
Wild Card Ravens
Super Bowl St. Louis vs San Diego
Winner San Diego
1 comment:
Thanks for the shout out.
I don't think that there is anyway that Clemens comes back in '08. He has really only been effective when he has had solid run support. Plus in addition to his elbow, his feet have been bleeding. At this point I can't think of a team that would take a chance on his over inflated salary for half a season of tepid work.
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