Another week means another milestone for Alex Rodriguez.
The embattled New York Yankees slugger officially passed baseball's home run king Barry Bonds for second place on the all-time RBI list with his 1,997th.
The milestone wasn't nearly as dramatic as his 660th home run earlier this season in Boston, which at the time tied him with Willie Mays for fourth on the all-time home run list. It came on a clean single off Angels right-hander Jered Weaver, which extended the Yankees lead to five runs in the fifth inning.
Rodriguez added three more hits in the Yankees eventual 8-7 victory, giving him 2,991 hits for his career. So A-Rod's next milestone could be becoming the second player to officially reach 2,000 RBIs or the 29th player to notch 3,000 career hits. Or both.*
As for this milestone, as Big League Stew's Chris Cwik explained last week when A-Rod passed Lou Gehrig into third place, there's some debate about A-Rod's true ranking given that the RBI wasn't an official stat until 1920. Both Cap Anson and Babe Ruth would remain ahead of Rodriguez if RBIs accumulated prior to 1920 were counted, so his actual standing is fourth.
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According to MLB though, he's officially second to Hank Aaron and that's likely where he'll stay. With 2,297 career RBIs, Aaron maintains a comfortable 300 RBI lead. To pass that, A-Rod would have to stick around three or four more seasons, which would put him at 40 something.
Possible? Yes. If his body holds up and somebody wants him, anything is possible.
Likely? Probably not, because even one of the above happening seems like a long shot.

To be fourth on the home runs list and second on the RBI list wouldn't be a bad legacy to leave behind. Of course. the Biogenesis connection is already changing how his legacy will be written and the scandal itself is something he'll never be able to shake, but the numbers won't change either and therefore should be acknowledged.
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