Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to hit 600 career home runs on Wednesday.
New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has hit his 600th career home run - a two-run blast in the first inning against Toronto Blue Jays.
The homer, which landed on the net on top of monument park in Yankee Stadium, makes A-Rod the youngest and the seventh player to join the 600 club.
The milestone was a long-awaited one - with 46 at-bats between his 599th and 600th home runs.
Rodriguez now joins the elite company of Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr. and Sammy Sosa.
SI.com: 600 Club gallery
SI.com: A-Rod at 600 different from A-Rod at 500
SI.com: Milestone not what it used to be
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Ho, hum...boring! Good ball player... but is he a good person. I think not!
Way to go A-Rod and no astrik needed unless you want to add them next to players in the 1930-40's for cocaine use and 1950-70's for Speed ( bennies) use. Yes Drugs have been around the game...all games for along time.
HMMM? Does that mean Ruth was really impressive since he hit so many of his homers while hung over and eating hot dogs?
Steroids are not in the same universe as cocaine or coffee or alcohol as performance enhacers.
During the steroid era there were 10 people every year hitting over 40Hrs, yet the HR KING Hank Aaron never hit 40 HRs in his entire career.
Barry Bonds hit 72 HR at age 38 in the steroids era. Without steroids Jim Thome at 38 hit 23.
The dude was on roids for most of these, why is this news and why are we counting?
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I think only people who can tell me where Cooperstown is should be able to post here!
it's in upstate new york and baseball is still boring even with the steroids!
I agree it may be boring for people who have to look up everything on the internet. Step out of the box sometimes and learn a thing or too before just spouting the first thing out of your head. It’s not a race. Analytical thinking is why baseball is called the “Thinking Mans” game!
Congratulations A-Roid, er, A-Rod! You and your team have done so much good for professional baseball. I mean, using illegal substances, coddling super-rich owners, buying championships. Wow, I am so very proud of you and your kind.
Is it any wonder that there are really only two teams to root for in MLB: whoever is playing the Yankees, and whoever is playing the Mets.
CHEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in honor of a-rod hitting hiss 600 home run yankees having a a-rod day at yankee stadium they will be giving away steroids and cyringes
Steroids!!!!!!!!!!!
Did Jeter chortle A-Roid's miniscule testicles when he stepped on home plate??
600.... more people lose their job today
A-Rod, the "A" stands for asterisk. His accomplishments will be forever tainted by his use of steroids. I will not forget the dumbfounded look on his face when he was told that the fans would not be so accepting of his career because of this.
Couldn't have happened to a jerkier guy.
big freakin deal! baseball is a lame sport anyway and how many would he have had without juice? such a non story
A-Roid hits number 600 – it matches the number of chicks he's banged.