subject: The Yankees And A - Rod Are Celebrating The 600 Mark Of Home Run's [print this page] Announcing that Alex Rodriguez has hit 600 home runs created a great buzz in the baseball community. Before Alex Rodriguez achieves his record, 6 great players had entered this club by achieving over 600 home run hits. The list includes Babe Ruth, Barry Bond and Sammy Sosa.
Back to Rodriguez and his 600th hit, he managed to return a pitch sent by Shaun Marcum during the match between the Yankees and the Jays yesterday. Marcum pitched at 85 Mph and Rodriguez replied with a long shot that went directly to the center field guard net of the National Park Stadium at the Bronx. It was a great occasion that everyone had enjoyed, especially the team players of the Yankees who celebrated their team mate and his new record.
When he was asked about his feelings for this achievement, Alex Rodriguez said that he feels relieved after achieving the record and now he can concentrate on playing baseball with his team the Yankees. Commenting on the record that he had achieved, he said that he was glad that he achieved the record but he is happier that he achieved it in a game that his team had won and he also scored it at home and this helped him to celebrate his achievement well.
The best thing about this record is that Alex was able to achieve this number while he is still young and can add more to this figure as he still have time in the field. In fact, Alex Rodriguez is the youngest player ever to achieve such record (35 years and 8 days). Formerly, the youngest player to achieve the same record was babe Ruth (35 years and 198 days).
Another important record is that Rodriguez is the first player to achieve more than 150 home runs with three clubs. Rodriguez achieved 255 homers with the New York Yankees and before that he achieved 445 home runs with his two former club houses.
Most balls that fall out of the field or reach the fans' seats do not come back as the fans snatch it as a memory from the game but, this time, the ball hit the guard net and was found by a stadium employee who returned it back to Alex Rodriguez who were very glad to retrieve his ball and signed a bat that he use in the game to stadium employee. The stadium employee is called Frankie Babilonia and he wasn't meant to cover this area but, he was there as an exchange for another guard who was not there.
The next match for the Yankees is the four game series vs. the red sox. The games between these two teams are considered a derby as they are classic competitors to each other. Both teams had met before on a four game series on May and the difference between the two teams remained unchanged since then.
The Yankees team fans are looking forward to seeing their favorite players on their four game series and hoping that they perform well there.
