In terms of the overall home run record, the person who will be the next record holder, barring injuries, is Sammy Sosa. He is averaging 60 home runs a year since 1998. Right now I believe he is at 492 career and 40 for the season....he should easily reach 510 this year if there is no strike. At that pace, he should have the record by the 2007 season at age 37. A Rod is a good hitter, but we are jumping the gun on him breaking the record. He still hasn't reached the 300 plateau and there are several guys who hit close to the same numbers up to this point in their career(250 plus home runs by 27) and then slacked off. A good example is Griffey who everyone thought would continue on the pace he had but injuries slowed him. The other thing to think about was brought up earlier....imagine what Barry would do if he got more pitches...last season he set the single season home run record and the single season walk record...he also leads the majors in walks this year. And remember Mr 5.0, Hank got the home run record at what age??
