Will Frank Thomas beat the all time home run record?
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Yes he will.\n\n\nGO BLUE JAYS!
860636
After today, he should be!\n\nMaybe he is making sure that no one can/will ever beat his record!
60873
Without David Ortiz it may be Jim Thome this year. He won't be worn out from playing the field and can concentrate only on hitting.  Just like Ortiz, who is far ahead of the rest.
338788
you best believe andruw jones will!  i am predicting right now that he will carry the braves to a 15th consecutive title.  he will hit 50 homeruns once again, STEROID FREE, and like always, be the best centerfielder in the game.  he doesn't get enough credit for everything he does so hands down, its his year for mvp.
682495
yes, he will.  Tiger is one of those atheletes like Michael Jordan who, beyond all else, is a competitor.  and god forbid he has a reason to be more competitive.  we could see records smashed in the next few years.
366485
i think cy young's victory record is the only record that is unbreakable.  i suppose that doesn't make him necessarily the best.  walter johnson was supposed to be awesome.  ever hear the story about bob feller?  he threw a called strike to a guy, and the batter said "it sounded low."
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No, i dont think so.  There are rumors that hes going to the Dbacks to make a 1-2 punch with Brandon Webb, but it aint gonna happen.  The Marlins need Willis, and hes practically the face of their franchise.  He has a bright future, and the low-budget Marlins should keep him at all costs.
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frank thomas 1997 12 finished with 54
664384
if glaus and hillenbrand hit 300 then they might have a shot at the playoffs! wells will put up the numbers. halladay has to stay healthy.
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The answer is YES. Forget about the betting. \nHis Career Numbers are:\n\n4256 hits- Most All-Time\n3562 Games Played- Most All-Time\n2165 runs- 5th most All-Time\n746 doubles-2nd All Time\n5752 total bases- 6th All-Time\n.303 Career Average\nOnly had 160 Career Homeruns and \nOnly had 1314 Career Rbi.\nPlayed the game the way it was meant to be played. \n\nIf anyone belongs ... he does. Hasn't it been long enough?
398221
Errors do count as at bats so it would hurt his batting average.  His on-base percentage however would still go up.
956788
If he goes to an American league team as a DH, yes.\n\nIf a team has to wheel him out there in the outfield, no.\n\nHe's breaking down physically, so his best chance is as a DH.  \n\nI'm a bit suprised Oakland hasn't made a play for him.  I'm guessing the Giants don't want the steroid scandal scrutiny.
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Yeah, probably, at least according to his numbers posted in the steroid/HGH era (ca. 1986 - present).  But then again, considering all that has been discovered over the past two seaons, I have the strong right to wonder if he were/is probably on some illegal performance enhancer himself.  So I would be hesitant to put his name on the top of the list.  In fact, I don't think any player of this same era should have any record in the record books, considering that there is just way too much of a cloud of doubt surrounding just about every single baseball star who has played during this period.  \n\nPersonally, I find it kind of strange that Clemens seemed to be on the decline of his career in the early-to-mid 90s only to re-surface as an amazingly dominant pitcher again a few years later with Toronto.  I mean, the Red Sox must have known that he was on his way out -- sure, teams make mistakes all the time (and the 1990s Red Sox weren't exactly the smartest team around), but not to the point where an organization would have been so entirely, utterly wrong about the future of a franchise player.  It's all just too fishy.  So, that said, I don't think we can ever really judge the extent of Clemens' "greatness".  Which, by the way, is the same reason why I'm not sure how easy it is to gauge any player's "greatness", because many "great" players have either found ways around the rules (corked bats, spit-ball pitchers, etc.) or have just benefitted from favorable conditions unavailable to players of other generations (such as pitchers during the dead-ball era, or sluggers during the Coors Field/Jose Canseco "juiced" era).
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That's a good question...\n\nYou're right about Jeter, A-Rod and Randy Johnson... they are all shoe-ins...\n\nAlso, Mariano Rivera will probably be a first ballot Hall of Famer (as will those other guys)...\n\nI think Bernie Williams has a shot, because the Yankees have just been so successful during his career. Plus, he has great post-season numbers...\n\nGiambi might qualify based on his career numbers (by the time he retires). It will depend on how the electors view the steroids issue, we won't really know that for a few years yet...\n\nPosada, again, it will depend on what kind of career numbers he puts up, but he also has an outside shot, due to the team success of the Yankees during his career. If they win a couple more Championships while he's still catching, it will improve his chances greatly. I'm not sure how many All Star games Posada has played in, but that could also be a factor if he makes the All Star team enough times...\n\nWith Mussina, as with any pitcher, we'll have to see what kind of career numbers he puts up. He's 37 right now, with a career record of 224-127, a fine .638 winning percentage, and he's almost 100 games over 500.  His ERA of 3.64 is ok considering the era he's pitching in... I don't think his career record quite puts him in yet, but if he can stay healthy, he might be able to get close to 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts (he now has 2,400).  It will also help if he gets a ring or two...\n\nSheffied, again, depends on Steroid Issue... He'll have the numbers, I think... he and Mussina are both still playing well...\n\n\nFrankly, Don Mattingly's career #s of 2,153 hits, 222 home runs, 1,099 RBI are really not HOF caliber, especially for a first baseman. Not making it to a World Series hurt him.  A .307 average is good, and I think he's the best Yankee player never to play in a World Series, but the fact that his career was only 1,785 games also hurts.  His chances were hurt even more by the fact that he was "projected" to put much more impressive numbers up than he actually did (there was actually a time when he was projected to be a 3,000, maybe even a 4,000, hit man). He really is not a Hall of Famer, IMO.  He had, in reality, only about six good seasons.  He would have to have kept that quality up for 10 or 12 years to be seriously considered for the HOF.
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When Babe Ruth retired with 714 HRs, no one else had even 400.  They said no one will ever break Babe Ruth's HR record.\n\nIn the 1960s, one baseball book stated that Ty Cobb's record of 892 stolen bases "is not likely to be broken" (Lou Brock was then in his rookie season.\n\nAbout 1972 or 73, Baseball Digest ran an article stating that 3,000 strikeouts is the "toughest mark for pitchers"... At that time, only Walter Johnson had reached that plateau, and the article stated that Bob Gibson was the only (then) active player with a shot at 3,000 Ks... Jim Bunning was, at the time, 2nd on the all time list with just over 2,800 Ks...  Turns out that NINE pitchers who were then active later cleared 3,000 Ks... Three other pitchers who had not started their careers at that time also cleared 3,000, those being Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux.\n\nIn the Sept 1972 Baseball Digest, an article stated that Roberto Clemente will perhaps be the last player in history to accumulate 3,000 hits (Clemente was the 11th player to do so)... I can't even count how many guys have done that since then... (EDIT: I just looked it up...there are now TWENTY SIX members of the 3,000 hit club... more than double the amount of members in that club back in 1972).\n\nSo no, Glavine will not be the last 300 game winner... it may or may not become more rare, but it will be done again.  Don't ask by whom...
644093
If he keeps this up, so far he is a potential triple crown candidate, he is on the pace to breaking the previous home run record of 73.  I just named a couple records.  lol
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I'm a huge Cardinals fan, so I sure hope he will.  The argument in favor:\n\n1. He's put up 5 straight years of Triple-Crown caliber production from the age of 20-25.\n2. He just turned 26, and most ballplayers peak between the age of 26 and 29.\n3. He's got two legit All-Stars batting behind him in the lineup (Scott Rolen and Jim Edmonds), so it's tough to walk him.\n4. He's got more home runs in April than any player except McGwire in MLB history, and he's only one shy of tying Big Mac's record, set in his 70 HR 1998 season.\n5. There are still 5 games left in April.\n6. He's hitting the ball a mile, so his hitting is basically ballpark independent.\n7. He's the most focused, disciplined hitter I've ever seen, and I don't think the pressure will get to him the way it might a lesser player.\n\nAll that said, I think the odds are heavily against him breaking the mark, but I think he's got to be favored to do something almost as impressive:  be the first guy to hit 50+ home runs since the Juiced Era wound down.