All-time Homerun Record Revised
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AP -- Posted: August 1, 2006
<!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Milwaukee, WI -<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> In a stunning development, baseball's commisioner, <!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Allan H. (Bud) Selig<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> announce that <!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Hank Aaron's<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> all time record of 755 homeruns has been revised.
"I was watching a Rangers game the other night," said Selig, "and this kid hit a homerun in the 9th inning when the game was well out of reach. I thought to myself, 'Who cares, it's already over!'"
That's when Selig says he had an epiphany: "We should only count the homeruns that <!--EZCODE ITALIC START-->matter<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. Here we've been counting ALL homeruns the whole time, how foolish!"
Selig notes that this will greatly aid in determining how valuable players are, and who contributes when the game is on the line. "No longer will we look at a player's stats and think 'Wow, he hit 40 HR last year. But how many of them made a difference?'"
After poring over game logs and video tape, it has been determined that the correct all-time record for Homeruns that Matter (HRTM) is really 481. Many of Aaron's homeruns were found to have been irrelevant to the final outcome of the game. Also of note, Barry Bonds now only has 379 HRTM.
<!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Alex Rodriguez<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> saw his HRTM total plummet from 452 to 31, while <!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Derek Jeter's<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> HRTM total actually rose from 176 to 227.
Selig explained, "When you factor in just how incredibly clutch some of those HRTM were, the VORHR (value over replacement homerun) was too great to be encapsulated by just 1 HRTM, so we had to increase his total number to compensate."
<!--EZCODE BOLD START-->David Ortiz<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> held steady at 214 HRTM.
Many MLB players were bewildered at the news.
"It doesn't make much sense to me," responded <!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Geoff Jenkins<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> of the Milwaukee Brewers. "I just try to hit the ball whenever I'm at the plate (assuming it's a right-handed pitcher), so I'm not sure why it should matter what the score is."
Joked ex-teammate <!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Carlos Lee<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, "He just says that because he never does anything clutch."
Time will tell what effect this has on the chase to top Aaron's long standing record, although it's now fairly certain that Bonds will never surpass him.
"Purely a welcome side effect," says Selig.
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Tyler, John S., AP<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->
(got this from brewerfan.net)
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AP -- Posted: August 1, 2006
<!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Milwaukee, WI -<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> In a stunning development, baseball's commisioner, <!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Allan H. (Bud) Selig<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> announce that <!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Hank Aaron's<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> all time record of 755 homeruns has been revised.
"I was watching a Rangers game the other night," said Selig, "and this kid hit a homerun in the 9th inning when the game was well out of reach. I thought to myself, 'Who cares, it's already over!'"
That's when Selig says he had an epiphany: "We should only count the homeruns that <!--EZCODE ITALIC START-->matter<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. Here we've been counting ALL homeruns the whole time, how foolish!"
Selig notes that this will greatly aid in determining how valuable players are, and who contributes when the game is on the line. "No longer will we look at a player's stats and think 'Wow, he hit 40 HR last year. But how many of them made a difference?'"
After poring over game logs and video tape, it has been determined that the correct all-time record for Homeruns that Matter (HRTM) is really 481. Many of Aaron's homeruns were found to have been irrelevant to the final outcome of the game. Also of note, Barry Bonds now only has 379 HRTM.
<!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Alex Rodriguez<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> saw his HRTM total plummet from 452 to 31, while <!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Derek Jeter's<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> HRTM total actually rose from 176 to 227.
Selig explained, "When you factor in just how incredibly clutch some of those HRTM were, the VORHR (value over replacement homerun) was too great to be encapsulated by just 1 HRTM, so we had to increase his total number to compensate."
<!--EZCODE BOLD START-->David Ortiz<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> held steady at 214 HRTM.
Many MLB players were bewildered at the news.
"It doesn't make much sense to me," responded <!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Geoff Jenkins<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> of the Milwaukee Brewers. "I just try to hit the ball whenever I'm at the plate (assuming it's a right-handed pitcher), so I'm not sure why it should matter what the score is."
Joked ex-teammate <!--EZCODE BOLD START-->Carlos Lee<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, "He just says that because he never does anything clutch."
Time will tell what effect this has on the chase to top Aaron's long standing record, although it's now fairly certain that Bonds will never surpass him.
"Purely a welcome side effect," says Selig.
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Tyler, John S., AP<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->
(got this from brewerfan.net)
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