weekend at Bernie's

[Mel]

Last night Bernie Williams had 2 hits to pass Joe DiMaggio into fourth place on the all-time Yankees career hit list with 2,215.

There are now only 3 other players in Yankee history to gather more hits than Bernie...

Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig

Barring unforseen circumstance, Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter will likely join that top 5, as he closes in on career hit number 2000 at the age of 31... in roughly 400 fewer games played than Bernie, and 6 years his junior.

Starting in Jeter's first full time season (1996). He has averaged better than 190 hits per season, and shows no signs of slowing down (poised to break 200 on the current season). There's no telling with continued health and good fortune how far into the record books he can hit.

[Mel]

Since I'm having my own private Yankees thread here :nod: ....

I might as well use it to tell myself that for the 2nd time in as many nights, a long-standing Joe Dimaggio record has been broken.

With a HR in tonight's 2-1 victory over Baltimore, Alex Rodriquez has hit the most single season home runs in Yankee history by a right-handed batter (47).

The previous record (46) by Joe D. has stood since 1937.

I guess who the hell cares :confused: But they've been talking about it a lot as a-rod has approached that HR total.

[charlio lemieux]

I've been reading.

ARod and Jeter, has any infield been so strong on the Right side?

[PDO]

No one likes you or your Yank's Matt! :stir:

[J.R.]

No one likes you or your Yank's Matt! :stir:Nothing could be closer to the truth. :wicked:

Here's my question. If Alex Rodriguez continues his outrageous pace and finishes his career in New York, possibly by the end of it could he be recognized or considered as the greatest Yankee ever? Think about it.

[Mel]

No one likes you or your Yank's Matt!

Nothing could be closer to the truth.

Maybe not where you live. ;)

Here's my question. If Alex Rodriguez continues his outrageous pace and finishes his career in New York, possibly by the end of it could he be recognized or considered as the greatest Yankee ever? Think about it.

Too general of a question, what do you mean by "outrageous pace" and for how many years?

If you're just going by stats in a Yankee uniform, it's doubtful he's going to break too many records... he got too late of a start.

He may go down as one of the great players of all-time - I cant' see the future - but his Yankee numbers alone will not be the cause for that.

Had he played in NY from day one, that would be a different story, he's still behind Jeter on the hits pace, but his career HR pace has already set records for his age.

I don't know if you can call someone the greatest [insert team name] player of all time, unless they've spent the majority of their career with that team.