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Active Players Who Will Reach 500 Home Runs

gregmo32gregmo32 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭
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Make your choices and discuss.
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  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    I would like to see Big Hurt do it, and of course Manny!
  • kcballboykcballboy Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭
    Manny
    Thome
    A-Rod
    Thomas
    Delgado
    Pujols
    Guerrero
    Andruw Jones
    Sheffield - maybe
    I think Juan Gonzalez is only a couple of good years away. image

    No one else comes to mind with enough time to be considered a cantidate yet.

    And of course Alex Gordon will make it. image
    Travis
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mark Teixeira could make it by the time he is done...he's only 26 or 27 I think.
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  • 80sJunkie80sJunkie Posts: 1,314
    sosa for 600
  • gregmo32gregmo32 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭
    And the only active players already there are Griffey and Bonds - is that true?
    I am buying and trading for RC's of Wilt Chamberlain, George Mikan, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Bob Cousy!
    Don't waste your time and fees listing on ebay before getting in touch me by PM or at gregmo32@aol.com !
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>And the only active players already there are Griffey and Bonds - is that true? >>



    yes, next on the list of active players is Frank Thomas with 487
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  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    I wish The Crime Dog had made it, he was a classy guy.

    500 is STILL a great benchmark for Non juicers in my humble opinion.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Bagwell is 51 away but unless his signs on as a DH, he will fall just short.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coco Crisp

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  • kcballboykcballboy Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Coco Crisp >>



    He's about the same size Barry was when he came up. Anything's possible
    Travis
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>
    He's about the same size Barry was when he came up. Anything's possible >>



    You have a point there!

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  • rbdjr1rbdjr1 Posts: 4,474 ✭✭
    Miguel Cabrera

    104 HRs and he is only 23 years old! image

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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Coco Crisp >>



    I will laugh now, but hope that you are wrong.
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  • frankhardyfrankhardy Posts: 8,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think you might could add Adam Dunn to the list.

    I do not, however, think that Sheffield will make it. Nor Bagwell.

    I was just looking at some of the this year's homerun leaders and their ages.

    Guys like Beltran, Berkman, Ortiz, Soriano are all pushing 30 years old or are already past 30 years old, and (get this) none of these guys are even half way to 500. That is pretty incredible. Also, Albert Pujols is only 26, and already has 250. That's pretty incredible. Adam Dunn just turned 27 and has 198.

    Shane

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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I think you might could add Adam Dunn to the list.

    I do not, however, think that Sheffield will make it. Nor Bagwell.

    I was just looking at some of the this year's homerun leaders and their ages.

    Guys like Beltran, Berkman, Ortiz, Soriano are all pushing 30 years old or are already past 30 years old, and (get this) none of these guys are even half way to 500. That is pretty incredible. Also, Albert Pujols is only 26, and already has 250. That's pretty incredible. Adam Dunn just turned 27 and has 198. >>



    Hate to break the news to you but Pujols very well could be 30 or older image
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • frankhardyfrankhardy Posts: 8,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ok, just for arguement's sake, let's say he is 30. If he keeps up his pace, he will be at 500 by the time he is 36.

    If he is 26 (and there are a bunch of reason to indicate that he is) - God help the rest of the league!

    Shane

  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Ok, just for arguement's sake, let's say he is 30. If he keeps up his pace, he will be at 500 by the time he is 36.

    If he is 26 (and there are a bunch of reason to indicate that he is) - God help the rest of the league! >>



    Don't get me wrong, the man is an absolute beast. Wish he was playing with any team other than one in the NL Central.

    Having said that, he's older than 26 regardless of what reasons indicate otherwise. Believe what you want but I can assure you he's not...
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • RickyHendersonSDRickyHendersonSD Posts: 327
    <<he's older than 26 regardless of what reasons indicate otherwise.>>

    What makes you think so?
  • frankhardyfrankhardy Posts: 8,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He has been in the United States since he was 16. If someone is 20 or 21, why would someone want to lie about being just 16. Doesn't make sense. Now, if someone were 26 or 27, I could see him lying about being 20 or 21.

    Shane

  • RickyHendersonSDRickyHendersonSD Posts: 327
    Yeah, I can't see any reason either.
  • ToppsCo1lectorToppsCo1lector Posts: 2,633


    << <i>He has been in the United States since he was 16. If someone is 20 or 21, why would someone want to lie about being just 16. Doesn't make sense. Now, if someone were 26 or 27, I could see him lying about being 20 or 21. >>



    He came to America to play baseball. If you see a 21 year old like him, or a 16 year old like him as a scout who would have more potential? Exactly.
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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    We've discussed this before...

    While it doesn't always happen, it is common for players from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, South America, etc lie about their age to get an upper hand. As topps said above, a scout would rather have a 16-year old prospect than a 21-year old. They fudge their birth certificate and it's really no big deal; no blood, no foul.

    This has been going on for years. Fernando Valenzuela, Julio Franco (allegedly), and Mim-something (terrible hangover is preventing me from remembering at this time) are good examples and represent just a small fraction.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • WabittwaxWabittwax Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭


    << <i> Julio Franco (allegedly) >>



    Good Lord. If that's the case with Julio Franco, then he must be close to 60 by now. I doubt he lied considering how long he's been playing.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i> Julio Franco (allegedly) >>



    Good Lord. If that's the case with Julio Franco, then he must be close to 60 by now. I doubt he lied considering how long he's been playing. >>



    Hey, don't shoot the messenger image

    He's listed at 48, so he very well could be in his early 50s.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • ToppsCo1lectorToppsCo1lector Posts: 2,633


    << <i>Yeah, I can't see any reason either. >>



    I know that Alfonso Soraino, El Duque, and quite a few others were found to be older than they claimed. This was a couple of years back, but it's common knowledge that players from spanish speaking countries who come to play baseball in America "make" themselves younger to be more attractive prospects for scouts. Think, Danny Almonte.
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    Looking for Topps rookies as well.

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