Sammy Sosa has homered twice today in the Rangers game against the Cleveland Indians. This leaves him only six home runs shy of becoming the fifth man in baseball history to reach 600 career home runs.Though Sosa will never catch Aaron or Bonds, his first home run today did set a record.
By hitting his first career home run in Jacob's Field, Sosa has now homered in more Major League ballparks than any other player in MLB history, forty-four.
Sosa hit the first pitch from Cleveland Indians starter Paul Byrd into the left-field seats leading off the sixth inning.Though it's not a record that most people generally keep track of, it's kind of cool when you think about it. A lot of baseball players don't hit 44 home runs in their career, let alone seperate ballparks.
Sosa had been tied with Ken Griffey Jr, and Fred McGriff with homers in 43 ballparks. The only stadiums currently in use where the 38-year-old has not hit a homer are RFK Stadium in Washington and the new Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Despite Sosa's milestone, the Rangers still trail the Indians 9-4 in the 8th inning. As always you can follow all the exciting action here using AOL's Scorecast.
Previously at the Fanhouse:
Sammy Made Sure Sox Fans Will Boo Him On Wednesday
Sammy Sosa Is A Lot Like Jesus
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4-28-2007 @ 6:06PM
kevin said...
Sosa's record is a travesty to the game. As I wrote in my blog post, I actually find his pursuit of 600 more disgusting than Bonds' chase of 756. Somewhere out there, the baseball gods are stewing.
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