Although I ca n’t say I ’ve been following all that intimately , Barry Bonds just broke Hank Aaron ’s all - sentence habitation run disk . The only story I ’m less concerned in is whether or not Commissioner Bud Selig would be there to witness number 756 ( he was n’t ) . Before Hank was king , Babe Ruth ’s 714 homers top the charts . But from whom did Ruth inherit the jacket ?
I consider myself a somewhat serious baseball game fan . I was at Yankee Stadium for Phil Rizzuto Day in 1985 , when Chicago White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver upstage Scooter by winning his 300th game . ( Also , the Yankees give Rizzuto a cow , which stepped on his metrical foot and knocked him over . ) I ’ve done the Tomahawk Chop in Atlanta . And I was in attending for Roberto Kelly ’s Major League debut . ( OK , I do n’t have a lot of grounds to support my " passably serious fan " claim . But I am anxiously awaitingMint , the book about the rising and fall of baseball bill of fare by my good friend Dave Jamieson , who previously wrote"Requiem for a Rookie Card"forSlate . )
Anyway , I had never heard of Ruth ’s record book record precursor . A former member of the Troy Trojans , New York Gothams / Giants , Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Browns , Roger Connor ’s recordof 138 home run stood until Ruth exceed him in 1921 . Connor ’s career finish in 1897 . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976 . Maybe real baseball game fans knew this . Here are three other affair I did n’t know about Connor :
On Monday , I promised a calendar week ’s worth of questions , to start discussions that would help get us through the hot summer afternoon . We ’d still know to get your nomination for our"_flossiest Places to Live"list . But today , root on by Connor ’s overlooked immensity , let me ask about unsung historical figures . Who ’s been unfairly bury ?
