A-Rod Won’t be Making History with his 600th HR
New York Yankees slugger-queen Alex Rodriguez is on the brink of a tremendous achievement.
The third baseman with the orange face and perfect hair is one homerun away from 600 for his career. Performance-enhancing drugs notwithstanding, he's a first-ballot Hall of Famer and every statistical milestone he surpasses simply cements that argument.
But while a 600th homerun is certainly quite a milestone, it is not history. Television producers get in these lazy habits of just assuming that since something has been said before, it's correct to say it again. So, they continue with such language in their scripts, buffooning their anchors and reporters who perpetuate its misuse.
I know our culture likes to attach drama and hopefully ...
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