Two milestones reached!

About time A-Rod and Bonds hit their respective milestone homeruns.  Now, can we get on with life?

Bonds....

Bonds' record has more historical significance, but also a much bigger cloud of su####ion hanging over it.  The Giants stink this year, and for the most part, only the San Francisco fans can stand the guy (And they probably wouldn't had Bonds signed elsewhere this past offseason.

Bud Selig finally gave in and agreed to follow Bonds around like a lost puppy dog looking for a meal, even though everyone knew he didn't want to be there, especially Bonds himself.  Of course, Bonds did want Selig present, if for no other reason than to rub it in his face personally when he finally tied the record.

Can Bud get back to work now?  Or does he need to keep following Bonds until he breaks the record?  Assuming it doesn't happen tonight, it could be a while based on Bonds' recent lack of success at the plate.

 A-Rod...

Last year everybody hated him.  Naturally, if you aren't a Yankee fan, you didn't like him just for that reason.  But he was struggling last year (to the tune of 35 HR, 121 RBI, a .290 BA and  113 runs scored.   Looking at those numbers, it's hard to say the guy wasn't any good, but the reason for Yankee fans hating him so much was more due to situational hitting (hitting with RISP, and clutch performance, especially in the playoffs the last few years) and a severe case of the yips on defense.

 This year his defense is much better (7 errors compared to a total of 24 last year), and he's much more consistent at the plate.  Approaching the milestone of 500 career homeruns at a rapid pace hasn't hurt either.  Even a recent slump hasn't hurt him too much in the eyes of the fans.

 Rodriguez is the youngest player to reach the 500 HR plateau, and the general feeling is he'll eventually surpass whatever number Bonds is at when he decides to hang 'em up.  Of course, he'll have to stay healthy, stay motivated, and not let any steroid allegations get in his way.

 Now what?

 Well, Bonds still has to pass Hammerin' Hank to be the lone record holder, so we still have that to look forward to....Some of us more than others.

 Tomorrow could be another milestone day as Tom Glavine goes for win #300...again....against the Cubs at Chewing Gum Field, also known as Wrigley.

 After that, I'm not sure what milestones are attainable this season, or by which players.

 I'm sure Brett Favre has a few he's still pursuing, and could reach this season.

 The Royals must have some sort of milestone about number of players traded after the regular deadline.

 The popular TV series Law and Order must be ready to reach 8 billion episodes in the near future.

 George Clooney could get plastic surgery, and give situation comedy another try.  He must hold the record already for most sit-coms appeared in to fail miserably.

 The Minnesota Vikings could (most likely not this year) make it to yet another Super Bowl, and still not win one.

 Allen Iverson could become the all-time leader in practices missed.  After all, we just talkin' 'bout practice.