Dark Bilious Vapors

I read first on several websites, like the official Cardinals website, Redbird Nation, and The Cardinals Birdhouse, that Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his 500th career homer against Matt Morris (you had to figure that was gonna happen, since Matty Mo is leading MLB in homers given up, last I looked) in a 6-0 Reds victory over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium Sunday afternoon. I hate to have it happen against the Cards, but it's good to see Junior get there. And there's another, more tangential Cardinals link. Both Griffey, Sr. and Griffey, Jr. are natives of Donora, Pennsylvania, as is Cardinals immortal Stan "The Man" Musial.

Thanks to Lee Sinins (he of the most awesome Sabermetric Baseball Encyclopedia) and his daily sabermetrically oriented email newsletter, we're able to bring you (drumroll): The 500 Club

HOMERUNS
1    Hank Aaron                  755
2    Babe Ruth                   714
3    Barry Bonds                 676
4    Willie Mays                 660
5    Frank Robinson              586
6    Mark McGwire                583
7    Harmon Killebrew            573
8    Reggie Jackson              563
9    Sammy Sosa                  549
10   Mike Schmidt                548
11   Rafael Palmeiro             538
12   Mickey Mantle               536
13   Jimmie Foxx                 534
T14  Willie McCovey              521
T14  Ted Williams                521
T16  Ernie Banks                 512
T16  Eddie Mathews               512
18   Mel Ott                     511
19   Eddie Murray                504
20   Ken Griffey Jr.             500

Len on 06.21.04 @ 11:49 AM CST