Was A-Rod's 499th Really His 500th?
27th July, 2007 - 11:03 am
New York Daily News - Alex Rodriguez may have hit his 500th home run on Wednesday night. He just won't know whether that's the case until tonight.

While Wednesday's homer was the 499th of A-Rod's career, there is a scenario in which that dinger will go down as No.500, thanks to the June 28 suspended game which will be completed tonight at Camden Yards before the regularly scheduled game.

A-Rod will be on deck when the suspended game resumes in the eighth inning tonight, so he is guaranteed to get at least one more at-bat in the contest. Should Rodriguez go deep in the suspended game, it would officially be the 493rd homer of his career, making Wednesday night's homer his 500th in the record books.

"Try to figure that one out," Joe Torre quipped. [READ]

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