A-Rod Hit His 500th (Maybe)!

A big tip of the hat goes to Tim Kurkjian who was filling in today for Golic on Mike and Mike in the Morning and gave us this great nugget. Turns out, the home run Alex Rodriguez hit against the Royals in Kansas City on Wednesday may have been his 500th home run, even though it's currently being counted as his 499th. Let me explain.

If A-Rod fails to homer in the finale of the series with the Royals tonight, he'll be sitting on 499 home runs entering the three-game series with Baltimore. Funny thing is, prior to Friday night's game against the Orioles (I believe), a rain-delayed game from June will be resumed. In that game, the Yankees are winning 8-6 with two outs in the top of the 8th. Hideki Matsui will be up with a man on second, two out, and Alex Rodriguez on deck. This means A-Rod will no doubt get at least one more at-bat in the game.

Here's the tricky part: should A-Rod go yard in the continued game, his home run would go in his June 29th game log, and count towards his June stats. Even though he's already at 35 home runs on the year, and 499 for his career, a home run hit in the continued game would be his 29th of the year, and 493rd of his career. That means Alex Rodriguez, in some roundabout way, could have already hit his 500th home run. Crazy isn't it?

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

7-26-2007 @ 11:54AM

mutoni said...

my head is spinning. i'm gonna need charts and graphs to figure this one out.

7-26-2007 @ 12:03PM

Car Insurance Phoenix, Arizona Car Insurance said...

I hope Rodriguez stays healthy and passes Barry Bonds some day. C'mon Alex there is an Arizona fan rooting for you.

7-26-2007 @ 12:13PM

prthed33 said...

Where does the Flux Capacitor and Gray's Sports Almanac fit in all this?!

7-26-2007 @ 12:35PM

Mastroauctions said...

This is why virgins shouldn't be allowed to use the internet.

7-26-2007 @ 1:09PM

mike said...

steroids i'll bet on it

7-26-2007 @ 1:33PM

Jokatech said...

This makes absolutely no sense. woow.

7-26-2007 @ 1:44PM

ihatedildos said...

when i was 13(and still a virgin) i played "just the tip" with this girl, the next year she became a whore and came back and banged me. did i lose my virginity at 13 or 14? we should blog about this for a while
thanks for your time,
Craig

7-26-2007 @ 2:20PM

jeanbean0762 said...

good luck a-rod, you are a super slugger. good for you. You deserve it. Come to Red Sox please :)

7-27-2007 @ 8:52AM

Sports Memorabilia said...

A-Rod is the greatest power hitter of the last twenty years. Regardless of whether Bonds, McGwire, and Sosa took steroids, A-Rod's numbers still surpass their's, and one day he will be the all-time home run king.

7-26-2007 @ 3:06PM

recashflow said...

Its obvious that A-Rod is full of the juice. Look at how much bigger he is since his rookie year. Let's put him under the same scrutiny as Bonds!!!! Let's face the reality. They are all on it!!!

7-26-2007 @ 3:19PM

gimpski said...

A -rod will look good in aRedSox uniform next year

7-26-2007 @ 3:50PM

jj2710 said...

A-Rod might look good in a red sux uniform but he looks better in a Yankee uniform. Big Puppy I mean Big Mami and the rest of the rest of the BOSTON ID*OTS SUCK! Lets go YANKEES!

7-26-2007 @ 4:39PM

victor j said...

none

7-26-2007 @ 4:53PM

Les Gonzalez said...

Must be a slow day in the news room !!!!!

7-26-2007 @ 6:37PM

joe evelina said...

sounds like back to the future to me Michael J Fox will love this one

7-26-2007 @ 5:01PM

sounds like back to the future to me Michael J Fox will love this

7-26-2007 @ 5:14PM

Phil said...

A-ROD will someday break the record. But sad to say SOMEONE WILL YELL ROIDS.

7-26-2007 @ 6:03PM

Jody said...

WOW 35 homers haven't done a damn thing in how long for yankees including in play offs! hmmm should we be thinking STEROIDS, seems if you batting like that got to be ROIDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

7-26-2007 @ 6:13PM

hmarrero777 said...

I am confused, I thought that a game suspended after the fifth inning due to rain was qn official game. I have never seen a game continued in an inning after the fifth. If they only played four innings the game will be do over, can someone explain. Arod is on pace for 800 homeruns. I have seen him up close and he is solid. He does not appear to be on roids. Remember he came up as a 19 year old, and was not filled up as a man yet. He still had a kids body. He know has a mans body 6'3 225 and bat speed. Like him or not he is the greatest natural player of our time. The other is Ken Griffey, if he didn't miss those years hurt he would be over 700. Both of these players are awesome. can you imagine if they both would of stayed with Seattle, and Ichiro hitting ahead of them. Good Lord. I don't know who seattle's Scout is but I hope the Yankees offer him a contract.