This weekend was full of milestones for baseball.
First, Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron's home run record in San Diego. While it is a given that it takes much talent to play baseball and especially when it comes to hitting home runs, there is a pile of evidence that Barry Bonds has taken steroids and thus, cheated the game. The remarkable thing is that he has a swagger and cockiness unlike any other athlete in recent memory, which makes the whole steroids/home run pursuit further tainted. It makes it harder to root for Bonds when he exudes cockiness on a daily basis.
Next up was Alex Rodriguez's 500th homer. And while I'm not an A-Rod fan, I hope he sets the career home run record that Bonds just tied. A-Rod has a lot of time left and he still mashes them out, so he could very well take the record.
Tom Glavine (pictured above) won his 300th game. He is only the 23rd person to win that many games and even less were left-handed, which he is. Glavine is near the end of his career, but I hope he has a few more seasons in him and he goes into the Hall of Fame. He's been one of the best pitchers in the modern era.
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