Tonight is the night Rob Manfred has been masturbating about.
2017 had 6,105 home runs, the record until tonight.
With 2 1/2 weeks to go, Major League Baseball broke that record.
6:03 PM Pacific: Marcus Semien of the A's hits #6,105 in Houston...
6:08 PM Pacific: Looked like ESPN was setting up for a Bryce Harper grand slam to do the trick in Philly with Atlanta, but he chopped into a double play.
6:13 PM Pacific: As they wait for #6,106, Tim Kurkjian (doing ATL-PHI while Atlanta goes meekly in the top of the 6th) thinks the final total for the season will be about 6,700. Then a discussion as to whether the balls will cease to be juiced -- and what that might mean for THAT number.
6:17 PM Pacific: Jonathan Villar of the Baltimore Orioles hits a three-run home run in the bottom of the 7th inning against the National League West champion Los Angeles Dodgers to break the record!
Kurkjian immediately notes after the studio update to announce it a couple minutes later that Villar is not the type of player who should have 21 home runs.
He's right.
But you can't blame the players on this one and Vitamin S. If there were roids going like they used to, to any real extent, someone would be hitting about 100 already. I don't think anyone's made 50 yet!
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