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The 500 Club Sweepstakes

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Manny Ramirez is sitting on 470 career home runs and should reach the magic 500 mark some time this season.

My challenge to OTMers: when will Manny make the 500 mark?

  • Bonus points if you can be bothered to look up the schedule and predict which team he'll get the hit against
  • Super bonus points if you can predict the pitcher
    • I'll keep your predictions in a safe place and will wheel them out later this year.

    PS Don't even think about going to MLB.com's milestone tracker -- it doesn't look that far into the season. EDIT: It does look that far into the season after all. Ah well. Look away.

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    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    Okay, given that this was my idea, I'll take the first tilt:

    August 10, at Baltimore Orioles, off Daniel Cabrera

    Vote for Pedroia

    by britsoxfan on Mar 5, 2007 6:55 AM EST   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    An interesting bit of trivia, I actually had to sit there and count everything out, but when was the last time 2 players hit the 500 homerun plateau in the same season, I'll give you a hint, its only been done once and that's been in the 60's.

    by redsoxcoffeeguy on Mar 5, 2007 10:12 AM EST   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    August 28 745pm @ NYY off Wang
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    by jsnvaritek33 on Mar 5, 2007 3:01 PM EST   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    July 26th off CC Sabathia.

    Manny is going to have a monster year.

    Just my two cents. Keep the change.

    by tommy.otm on Mar 5, 2007 4:24 PM EST   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    Manny is going to get his 500th homerun in the middle of August, when he'll batt .390 with a .700OBP. That month the Boston Globe will print an article announcing that he's quit on the team, and CHB will interpret Manny's "I want to retire in Boston" remarks as a trade demand.

    by 0157H7 on Mar 5, 2007 4:29 PM EST   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    July 15th, an afternoon game in Fenway, vs. Toronto, off of A.J. Burnett.  He will finish the year with 46 HR.

    What's the prize if I win?

    by Schulz on Mar 5, 2007 5:03 PM EST   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    You get to furnish me with tickets to a Sox home game of my choice.

    Or j/k. But britsoxfan, seriously? People want to know.

    "Sorry? Sorry doesn't cut it Melissa, I want an apology."-Jason Penopolis, Home Movies

    by Allen Chace on Mar 5, 2007 5:35 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    All I know is that I get a statue of Jesus playing basketball if I win the NCAA pool at another blog. I expect something of equal or lesser value
    Get your Yankees Suck - Japanese shirts now: http://www.cafepress.com/yankeessuckjap

    by jsnvaritek33 on Mar 5, 2007 5:59 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    I don't think there's an appropriate price for something like that. I'm sure britsoxfan will at least be able to supply something of lesser value. Like a virtual sticker or something.
    "Sorry? Sorry doesn't cut it Melissa, I want an apology."-Jason Penopolis, Home Movies

    by Allen Chace on Mar 5, 2007 6:24 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    Um. I'll think of something...
    Vote for Pedroia

    by britsoxfan on Mar 6, 2007 3:14 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    Thursday afternoon August 30 in the Bronx with Mussina on the mound, seventh inning, Ortiz on second, 3 and 1 count, poorly placed letter high fastball.

    by woolsox on Mar 5, 2007 5:12 PM EST   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    August 5, at Seattle, off Horacio Ramirez.

    by argo0 on Mar 5, 2007 8:03 PM EST   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    Check the milestone tracker again. They go all the way through the season. Your guess wasn't so far off from their projection.

    by RSNexile on Mar 5, 2007 8:19 PM EST   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    Looks like Manny will be marching up the RBI list. They have him going from 42 to 21 all time
    Get your Yankees Suck - Japanese shirts now: http://www.cafepress.com/yankeessuckjap

    by jsnvaritek33 on Mar 5, 2007 10:40 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    Really? Rats. My technique was to assume a 40 HR season, calculate a per-game rate and tinker with it a little.
    Vote for Pedroia

    by britsoxfan on Mar 6, 2007 3:16 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

    Re: The 500 Club Sweepstakes
    August 4th, Seattle, off Julio Mateo. Sixth inning.
    "Your best? Losers always whine about 'giving it their best.' Winners go home and fuck the prom queen." "Carla was the prom queen."

    by Saberrox on Mar 5, 2007 9:04 PM EST   0 recs

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