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There was Babe Ruth at the top with the magical 714. He was followed by Willie Mays (still active in '68), Mickey Mantle, Jimmie Foxx, Ted Williams, Eddie Mathews, Mel Ott and Lou Gehrig. Yes, that's right - Gehrig's 493 was good for eighth place.
When Boston's Manny Ramirez slugged a home run Monday night against Cleveland, Gehrig slipped into a tie for 24th place (24th!) with Ramirez and Fred McGriff.
On the same night, the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez walloped his 521st career home run, moving him into a tie with Williams and Willie McCovey for 15th (15th!) on the all-time list.
Look at the list now, with names such as Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro. The collective cloud over their names doesn't engender the same feelings that would keep the home-run chart followed closely.
The former Phillies righthander, who is on the 60-day disabled list with a biceps and right-shoulder injury, said he didn't know where Craig Morgan came up with the idea that he wanted to pitch for New York.
"A word that I think is new to the English language, but everybody understands what it means, is misremember," the Red Sox righthander said yesterday on WEEI radio in Boston. "I talked to Doc probably within the last week. He's called me a couple of times during my rehab, but I'm not really sure how he got to some of the conclusions he got to."
Morgan said Schilling told him he wanted to pitch next year, with the doctor adding: "If you read between the lines, [pitching for the Yankees] is definitely a possibility."
Garrett Reisman, a NASA astronaut, will throw out the first pitch aboard the International Space Station before tonight's game between the Yankees and the Red Sox. The station is in an orbit more than 200 miles above the earth.
Reisman, 40, was launched into space on March 11 on the space shuttle Endeavor carrying dirt from the pitcher's mound at Yankee Stadium, a Yankees banner, and a hat autographed by owner George Steinbrenner.
"From Earth's orbit, but still deep inside the Yankees universe, let me say, 'Go, Yanks,' " Reisman said.
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