What happens when your record for hitting home runs in at 499?
You get cut, of course!
Gary Sheffield, a now former player of the Detroit Tigers, will have to find out which team he will be making his 500th home run for. According to the Yahoo! Sports article, Sheffield is close to "becoming the 25th player to reach the milestone."
So why would a team cut him if he is doing so well? One problem Sheffield had at Detroit involved being hurt all of the time. He might have reached this 500 home run record earlier if he didn't have so many run ins with injuries. However, even though Detroit cut him, any team in the MLB can sign him for the league minimum because the Tigers still have to pay out the rest of his $14 million salary.
So this 40 year old has a lot of decisions ahead of him. Unfortunately for Sheffield, it seems as though it will take a while to reach this 500 home run record. Maybe if he lies about his age, or goes back into his Yankee roots to do some steroids like some former teammates of his, then maybe he could get there faster than the natural track. Either way, it's going to be interesting to see who will be picking him up, and if Sheffield can actually achieve this record.
Jaclyn Kahn
3 comments:
Haha, you beat me to the article, I thought about writing about it at lunch. But 499? That sucks! He's a monster jerk though, so I kinda hope he stays on it.
there was no good football news, aside from dead people inside Vilma's apartment so I thought id leave that for you.
haha, that's ok
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