Friday, February 13, 2009

Mariners New DH?


From the looks of it here, it appears as if the Mariners are going to be picking up a new designated hitter.  Who knows how much Griffey has left in the tank, but he will probably put a few more fans in the seats.  This got me to thinking about the all-time home run list.  Here's how it presently stands...

Barry Bonds:  762
Hank Aaron:  755
Babe Ruth:  714
Willie Mays:  660
Ken Griffey Jr.:  611
Sammy Sosa:  609
Frank Robinson:  586
Mark McGwire:  583
Harmon Killebrew:  573
Rafael Palmeiro:  569
Reggie Jackson:  563
Alex Rodriguez:  553

Out of these 12 men, 5 of them (Bonds, Sosa, McGwire, Palmeiro, and now Rodriguez) have the cloud of steroid use hanging over them.  In fact, most baseball insiders doubt whether any of these 5 men will ever make it into the Hall of Fame.  Griffey has never been accused of being a steroid user.   So...subtract the steroid users, and the top 5 list looks like this:

Hank Aaron:  755
Babe Ruth:  714
Willie Mays:  660
Ken Griffey Jr.:  611
Frank Robinson:  586

I'm sure he'll never catch Ruth, but with a couple of decent years, Griffey could surpass Mays.  With all of the injuries he's had, that would still be quite the career.

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