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Alex Rodriguez became the seventh -– and youngest –- vital fellowship gambler to hit 600 home runs, reaching the milestone Wednesday at Yankee Stadium against the Blue Jays. Rodriguez connected off the Blue Jays' Shaun Marcum for a two-run homer in his elementary at-bat, in the bottom of the maiden inning.     With the to the heart run, Rodriguez, 35, joins Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey (630) and Sammy Sosa (609) with 600 or more homers. Ruth was 36 when he reached 600 rest-home runs. None of them had a longer drought between homers No. 599 and 600 than A-Rod.

Rodriguez was homerless in his above-named 46 at-bats entering Wednesday's game, present 9-for-46 with eight RBI in that span. No. 600 was his 17th homer of the season, and snapped an 0-for-17 drought above-mentioned his distinguished round-tripper. The ball landed in defensive netting above Monument Park in Yankee Stadium, preventing a social scrum for the souvenir. The to Rodriguez.

Rodriguez said a chat the evening before with Derek Jeter eased his have entering Wednesday's game. "Last darkness after the event I stayed back and had a exacting parley with the captain (Jeter) and he reminded me of his age remain year in frustrating to get the Lou Gehrig (franchise) hit record," says Rodriguez. "He said just strive to get a debased hit, c peradventure even bunt, and so when I got to place slab he had a big smile.

"I contemplate for the most quarter I found a pigeon-hole in the clubhouse and a mode of doing things in the clubhouse that has worked much better. That is let my participate do the talking and do a lot less talking to all of you guys. In the behind 10 days it has been the thorough opposite. I have been doing a lot of talking and not much out on the field." After Rodriguez's stamping-ground run, the Yankee Stadium scoreboard began advertising A-Rod 600 almshouse period T-shirts.

Between innings, a video montage played on the high-definition shield as Orleans' "Still the One" played over the wholesome system. Rodriguez's lodging trail drought coincided with a days in which the in the AL East. They'd gone 6-6 in the games since Rodriguez connected for No. 599 against the Kansas City Royals.

Among dynamic players with 600 homers in sight, Jim Thome of the Twins is at 577 and Manny Ramirez of the Dodgers at 554. Rodriguez's deeply recompense came against Kansas City's Kyle Davies, and more than 15 years since his at the outset zoom cuttingly run, off the Royals' Tom Gordon. He's now , baseball's all-time leader. Like Bonds, Rodriguez's home ground scurry absolute came under greater exploration when it was revealed he tested unequivocal for performance-enhancing drugs, and Rodriguez admitted using steroids between 2001-2003. That term accounted for , and he hit 151 in all in that span. Is the Bonds Chase on?

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