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250,000th Home Run Ever Hit - September 8th 2008

baseball-reference.com — By Gary Sheffield (DET) off Gio Gonzalez (OAK) History is made - Some interesting numbers when you look close at this...

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  • inactive, on 09/09/2008, -0/+15Some amazing numbers here - Like over 50,000 home runs have been hit alone in the last 10 years...
    Leave it to Gary Sheffield to crash Digg during a submission
  • cubbiesx, on 09/09/2008, -0/+13Gio Gonzalez made damn sure he got that milestone didn't he.
  • inactive, on 09/09/2008, -3/+14Wow! That is a pretty amazing feat. How many were from Steriods lol.
  • inactive, on 09/09/2008, -0/+81. 1876-05-02 Ross Barnes (CHC) off Cherokee Fisher (CIN) in 5th inning
  • sgtbutterscotch, on 09/09/2008, -0/+8gg, gio gonzalez. you lose 250,000 points
  • nick2, on 09/09/2008, -1/+8Doesn't seem like 1998 was ten years ago. Man, time is going by fast.
  • mjpark, on 09/09/2008, -0/+7That homer, which was his second of the game, was also a grand slam. I know because I was there. I think that puts him four shy of 500 career HRs.
  • allmondjoy87, on 09/09/2008, -0/+60-50,000 in 72 years
    200,000-250,000 in 9 years'

    i know theres more teams now but wow
  • trentRez9, on 09/09/2008, -0/+5you call that a decoration? i call that random.
  • wrathoftheafe, on 09/09/2008, -0/+5barry bonds hit 762, so at least that many.
  • Dumbfood, on 09/09/2008, -0/+5Taking a look at the progression rate and speed, would be interesting to see when other key milestones are hit, Gio Gonzalez is a man of honor.
  • morg666, on 09/09/2008, -1/+6The best part of this is he hit the 249,999th on his first at bat.
  • SevenTwo, on 09/09/2008, -3/+7250,000th*
  • wrathoftheafe, on 09/09/2008, -0/+4weird. exactly 2 years to the day from #240,000
  • wrathoftheafe, on 09/09/2008, -0/+4well along with the steroid effect, you've also got to factor in that there were only 16 teams in the league until 1961, with subsequent expanions in 1962, 1969, 1977,1993, and 1998.
  • loneraven, on 09/09/2008, -0/+4What's even more striking is the time interval between 10,000 HR's.

    In the 1920s, it was every 8 years, then every 7 years, every 6 years, now we're getting 10K HR's every 1-2 years.
  • Parkerman1700, on 09/09/2008, -3/+6How would they count? Who made the first home run?
  • cdigioia, on 09/09/2008, -0/+3Dictionary.com - History, definition 6

    acts, ideas, or events that will or can shape the course of the future; immediate but significant happenings:

    One definition of history limits it to significant happenings. There ya go, mystery solved.
  • spaceshipsix, on 09/09/2008, -0/+3If I had a dollar for every home run ever hit...man that would be sweet.
  • cawpin, on 09/09/2008, -0/+3Also, Gio could have had a nice little trivia question for himself. "who was the pitcher..." but then you look at #249,999 and 249,998 and you think "Jeezus, I'd hate to be that guy."
  • spaceshipsix, on 09/09/2008, -0/+2I had a huge party for the 201,240th. It was great, I had balloons shaped like baseballs and little straws that looked like bats.
  • etx313, on 09/09/2008, -1/+3Go Tigers!!!
  • orangekid13, on 09/09/2008, -0/+2wow there must be something about my birthday for home run milestones... Mark McGuire broke the home run record on 9/8/98
  • MemoryMotion, on 09/09/2008, -1/+3go detroit!
  • twinchu1, on 09/09/2008, -1/+3Interesting :D
  • gheath87, on 09/09/2008, -1/+3During the steroid era, many players were hitting over 50 bombs/year. The 2008 leader now has 39 with only 20 games left! Maybe 5 players will be in the 40's???
  • spaceshipsix, on 09/09/2008, -0/+2"Damnit Ross you're not supposed to swing that hard. You hit the ball over the fence now what do we do?"
  • shauntacular, on 09/09/2008, -2/+3200,000
  • spaceshipsix, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1They've stopped caring about their customers? So they must be counterfeiting money.
  • jotchie, on 09/09/2008, -5/+6I hate him a little less now that he plays for Detroit, but the Yankees still suck.
  • iamgreg007, on 09/09/2008, -1/+2Good ole Cherokee!
  • Hosalabad, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1Close(ly).
  • terracottapai, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1Actually Ryan Howard hit his 40th a couple days ago.
    Carlos Quentin and Adam Dunn have 36 each, but Quentin is likely out for the season.
    After that, Ryan Braun has 34, Carlos Delgado and Miguel Cabrera have 33.
    So, in all probability, there will only be two, if Adam Dunn can get 4 more in the last 19 games
  • shauntacular, on 09/09/2008, -2/+3It's called "keeping records".
  • mohsenxp, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1well you sir are on the right track. Keep it up :)
  • wrathoftheafe, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1you dont understand that wasn't my ball..
  • matthobbs05, on 09/10/2008, -0/+1Dugg down for inaccurate title. Should be "250,000th Home Run Ever Hit - in MLB"

    If I hit a home run today, does that count? Clearly not.
  • spaceshipsix, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1Holy crap your life is lame.
  • wrathoftheafe, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1whoever had ross barnes on their fantasy team dominated that week.
  • cadmiumpaint, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1they have something called records. they've been keeping them for a long time.
  • spaceshipsix, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1I think there's a huge wall with tallies. They have guards armed with baseball bats around it so that people don't come and add or erase tallies.
  • inactive, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1Even ignoring steroids, there's a big focus on power hitting in the USA over fundamentals, too
  • billygreen23, on 09/09/2008, -2/+2The main reason for the higher rate of home runs is that there are expansion teams added every so often. There are twice as many teams than in the 1920s. More teams = more games = more home runs.
  • spaceshipsix, on 09/09/2008, -1/+1Your mom sucked my baseballs.
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  • mohsenxp, on 09/09/2008, -1/+1I think Parkerman may be confused because he only has 8 fingers and 2 thumbs.
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