Is 600 home runs in Major League Baseball still an impressive feat?

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1 Even in this age of steroids, I think it is. You have to have been in baseball long enough to get to this point, and you have to be good enough to have hung in there. You know, if you go back to Babe Ruth's days, pitchers weren't as good.

But they got better, and by 1941, Ted Williams was the last batter to have batted over .400. It's now pretty difficult to hit more than 50 home runs in a season. So even with steroids, things have gotten harder for batters.

Even in this age of steroids, I think it is. You have to have been in baseball long enough to get to this point, and you have to be good enough to have hung in there. You know, if you go back to Babe Ruth's days, pitchers weren't as good.

But they got better, and by 1941, Ted Williams was the last batter to have batted over .400. It's now pretty difficult to hit more than 50 home runs in a season. So even with steroids, things have gotten harder for batters.

3 It's a tremendous feat. As DanZee stated above - Years ago, pitching was very different. Most pitchers threw the entire game, and got tired in the later innings.

For the most part, pitching was "basic". Today, with "Specialist Pitching" - middle relievers / late closers / long relievers / short relievers /right and left handed specialists /situation pitchers, etc. It's a different game than it was "back in the old days". For any modern hitter, to match any of the "old days" stats, they have to be incredibly talented.

And, not to change the subject, and not that I condone it, but remember, when A-Rod was taking steroids, the practice wasn't banned by MLB, at that time.

It's a tremendous feat. As DanZee stated above - Years ago, pitching was very different. Most pitchers threw the entire game, and got tired in the later innings.

For the most part, pitching was "basic". Today, with "Specialist Pitching" - middle relievers / late closers / long relievers / short relievers /right and left handed specialists /situation pitchers, etc. It's a different game than it was "back in the old days". For any modern hitter, to match any of the "old days" stats, they have to be incredibly talented.

And, not to change the subject, and not that I condone it, but remember, when A-Rod was taking steroids, the practice wasn't banned by MLB, at that time.

5 Yes & I don't care much about baseball,but there's only 7 members of the 600 HR club ALL-TIME! The overrated so-called benchmark is football's 1000yd/season for RB's. Over the course of a 16 game season that's 62 yds per game WHOPPY!

Even if you make the benchmark 1300yds thats just 82 yds per game .

Yes & I don't care much about baseball,but there's only 7 members of the 600 HR club ALL-TIME! The overrated so-called benchmark is football's 1000yd/season for RB's. Over the course of a 16 game season that's 62 yds per game WHOPPY!

Even if you make the benchmark 1300yds thats just 82 yds per game.

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