scotty2hotty Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 With A-Rod being on a hot streak I got to thinking about this subject. So I checked out the career stats. I'm leening towards A-Rod. And I am also assuming they both or at least one of them breaks the soon-to-be broken-by-a-cheater HR record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timp Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Tough question. I vote A-Rod though because he's already well into his career, and there is less time for things to go wrong (i.e. injury). It's really tough to look that far into the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Pujols will break down before beating PayRod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh07039 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Tough question. I vote A-Rod though because he's already well into his career, and there is less time for things to go wrong (i.e. injury). It's really tough to look that far into the future.Exactly. When Griffey was in his mid 20's, everyone thought he would break every record in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Exactly. When Griffey was in his mid 20's, everyone thought he would break every record in the book. Ken Griffey Jr. played a violent CF. Albert Pujols plays 1st base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northpaw Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 pujols is heftier and more of a strong man....Arods health will last longer...i see him playing into his mid 40's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adidasplaya9769 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 barring injuries i think pujols will end up wiht more HR's and the MLB HR record. i dont think you can predict injuries for players that have not had a history of severe injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 How much does Pujols enjoy playing defense? I know he plays good D, but I don't know much about Pujols, so I'm unsure of how much he actually likes playing it. He could switch to DH in a few years, really lowering the chance of being hurt. But then would that damage his mark? Would people accept a HR record done by a DH? Griffey really liked deffense so he wasn't going to DH. A-Rod doesn't seem like he'll DH. The other play that could be in these talks, Miguel Cabrera, could be a dark horse. He has said he really enjoy's playing 3B, but he can also be really lazy out there. He seems like the most likely to play DH later in his career. But baring any injuries, I'd put my money on Pujols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Hank Aaron hit 22 of his 755 HRs as a DH. Pujols enjoys playing defense, as far as I can tell. He's constantly working on being the best defensive 1st basemen in baseball and always talks with respect for the game making me believe he wants to play both sides. He came up as a SS/3B, so he has the athleticism to play the position for awhile. He's also only 27 years old and got to 250 HRs faster than ARod. ARod had some monster years in his late 20s, but if Pujols can hit 50 this season (currently on pace for 44), if he played until he was 40 and only averaged 35 HRs a year, he'd hit 755. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Well there's quite a big difference between getting 22 HRs as a DH, and spending 10+ years getting 400+ HRs as a DH. Considering the lack of respect that DHs get in MVP voting (Which I do agree with, since it's the most valuable player, not best offensive player, but that's another topic all togeather), can't help but think that if a player broke the record while being a DH for the majority of the career, it would be viewed by a lot of people as tainted. I also have an off-topic question though regarding DH. Did Ripken ever DH during his streak (and I only mean during it, don't care if he did it after it)? I was too young back then to really know the ins-and-outs of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Hell Payrod is going to have 300 HRs this season, Pujols can never catch up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medric822 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 pujols is heftier and more of a strong man....Arods health will last longer...i see him playing into his mid 40's Another Rickey Henderson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckdodger215 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Pujols will end up getting a 50 game suspension sometime, so gotta go with a-rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushywhacker Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Pujols will end up getting a 50 game suspension sometime, so gotta go with a-rod That is AWESOME!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medric822 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Didn't he get a 30 day suspension in his rookie year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Pujols, if he can stay healthy, i think he has a chance to get to 800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhall Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I also have an off-topic question though regarding DH. Did Ripken ever DH during his streak (and I only mean during it, don't care if he did it after it)? I was too young back then to really know the ins-and-outs of the game. No, he never DH'd during the streak. His first DH appearance was in 2000, the streak ended in 98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medric822 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Wouldn't the streak have ended if he DH'd, since he didn't play the field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Didn't he get a 30 day suspension in his rookie year? Yep, that's why he was only able to play 161 games that season. If the Page 6 photos last season of ARod sunbathing showed us anything, it's that gynecomastia on a 33 year old is really an odd, odd thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 why did he get suspended? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 why did he get suspended? He didn't. There are only 162 games in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medric822 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I remember him getting suspended once, but now I remember it, it was only for like 6 games. He hit a catcher if I'm correct, back when he had the 30 game hitting streak. I'm almost positive I'm thinking about Pujols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I remember him getting suspended once, but now I remember it, it was only for like 6 games. He hit a catcher if I'm correct, back when he had the 30 game hitting streak. I'm almost positive I'm thinking about Pujols. He was suspended 2 games for punching (now teamate) Gary Bennett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Pujols will end up getting a 50 game suspension sometime, so gotta go with a-rod You only get 50 for that, damn should be a season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Wouldn't the streak have ended if he DH'd, since he didn't play the field? No. A game counts as long as either A) One inning is recorded with the player playing the field or The player has atleast 1 AB happens. I don't know about Ripken, as I don't know much about him, but I've read alot about Gehrig and he pulled those tactics often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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