Thome became just the eighth player in the elite 600 home run club. He joins Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willy Mays, Ken Griffy Jr., Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa as the only players with 600 or more home runs.
At forty years, 353 days old, Thome also became the oldest player to hit his 600th homer. Sammy Sosa previously held that record at thirty- eight years, 220 days when he reached the mark in 2007. But although Thome was the oldest player to get to 600 he was also the second-fastest to reach the mark, hitting his 600th in at-bat No. 8,137 which is second to Babe Ruth's 6,921 at-bats.
Thome deserves a lot more respect... I mean, in the weeks before A-rod hit his 600th home run everybody was saying how amazing he was after he hit No. 599 and then thirteen days later when he hit No. 600 everybody acted like he was some sort of hero. Then Thome comes along and hits numbers 599 and 600 in the same day. Unlike A-Rod, Bonds and Sosa, Thome has never had the word "steroids" mentioned as a possible cause of his high level of play.
The Brewers added even more excitement to yesterday's baseball news. If the Brewers had stopped at a double play in the second inning of Monday's game against the Dodgers, it would have been highlight-worthy enough. Instead, they turned three and made some history. Four Brewers defenders combined for the sixth triple play in franchise history, an amazing play that bailed starter Randy Wolf out of a two-on, no-out jam and helped them win 3-0 over the Dodgers at Miller Park. My thoughts on this play: the way they turned it was really cool because it looked like it was just a double play. But when Matt Kemp tried to go home, Prince Fielder threw home and–ta da!—a 4-6-3-2 triple play.
Thanks for reading, and go Tigers!
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