Yesterday, Met's pitcher Tom Glavine got his 300th win and also this past weekend Bary Bond's hit his 755th homerun to tie Hank Aaron as the alltime homerun leader. Now with these two events happening so close to eachother which one is more important? From my perspective, I believe Mr. Glavine's 300th win is more important than Mr. Bond's 755th homerun. 300 wins is a hard thing to achieve, especially in today's baseball world in which the bullpen collects a lot of wins and starting pitchers do not complete many games. Also when your a starting pitcher you only get the chance to win a game once every five days, while if your a hitter you will probably have at least 3 at bats every game to hit a homerun and an occasional day off. It will also be a while before we see another 300 game winner, the closest pitcher on the list is the Big Unit with 284 wins but he is out with back surgery and most of the other pitchers that are close are over 40 which means they will retire soon. This is the same with the homerun chase, no one will achieve Mr. Bonds' tarnished record for a while, most sports shows however, have already written AROD in the record book as the one to surpass Bonds which kinds of takes the fun out of it.
Now I know that many of you who read this will get angry and say that the homerun title is the greatest achievement in baseball but when you respond to this post think about this, good pitching and defense wins championships.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Glavine's 300 more important than Bond's 755?
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Glavine's 300th is totally more important for these reasons:
1. Glavine won 300 games in an era of relievers and one-inning specialists. Bonds hit 755 homers in a homer-happy era. Big difference there.
2. Continuing with the same train of thought as the first reason, Glavine's feat is, in fact, more important because it will not be accomplished again in a long, long time unless Johnson does it. Like I said, we are in an era of relievers, so 300 wins is going to be almosts impossible to get. However, the A-Rods and Pujolses and Howards of the league all have legitimate shots at 755+ homers.
3. No matter what anyone says, everyone knows Bonds used steroids. Glavine won 300 in an era of relievers. Bonds hit 755 in a homer-happy era, and on top of that drugged himself up in order to do it. Therefore, Glavine's feat should be far more valued than the cheap and insincere so-called "accomplishment" by Bonds.
a rods 500 homerun was WAY better and more important than anything else in the mlb ever. un till he passes the all time homerun record
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