Ryan Howard fastest player to 200 career HRs.

[Chamillitary Click]

quite an accomplishment, we just have to hope he's clean.

shame he is already 30, he might have had a chance at some records; fuckin' Jim Thome.

[Twentytwofifty]

Gonna hit an ungodly 800 SOs soon too. 

[Chamillitary Click]

^that's something i can live with as a coach, even though it's tough.

you can't say he hurts the team too much because they won the WS last year.

[Twentytwofifty]

I wonder what the breaking point is with these strike out guys nowadays.  Would he still be playing if he only hit 30 HRs a year and struck out 200 times?  It seems to be more acceptable to put up ridiculous strike out numbers nowadays.

The old record for strike outs in a season was 189 by Bobby Bonds in 1970 and since 2004 that's been topped 6 times and there will be a few more this year.  Reynolds, Howard, Dunn, Pena and Davis all have over 100 Ks so far and Upton has 99 in 81 games.

[Chamillitary Click]

well Howard & Pena are the guys who hit the long ball, that's almost their job on the team.

but i would think if Howard wanted to bat .290 & strike out a lot less, i'm sure he could; but he just puts everything he's got into every swing.

but if he swung with 2 strikes as a defensive hitter, he would only hit around 30 HR's a season.

so i am sure Phillies coaching is telling him, don't worry about striking out; just make sure you hit 45 HR's for us lol.

[thisoneguy360]

Wait, what does Jim Thome have to do with this?

[Chamillitary Click]

Wait, what does Jim Thome have to do with this?

LOL, i just remember a few years back Ryan Howard got his first starts when Thome was injured or some shit & they said he was going to be great.

if Jim was never their then Howard might have gotten a chance to start at the age of 21 & maybe be at his 500th right now.

*it's a joke though lol, he got their in '03, i believe; someone was their before him*

[OG Hack Wilson]

he's now a rich mans Adam Dunn....2005/06 was awhile ago