As the golden anniversary of Roberto Clemente's 3,000th and final hit looms this Friday, baseball fittingly finds itself a bit feverish with milestone mania.
Aaron Judge, the towering Yankees menace currently flirting with the Triple Crown, threatens the legitimate record for home runs in a season, 61, which still belonged to Yankees legend Roger Maris as of this deadline.
Albert Pujols, again of the Cardinals, thankfully, arrived at the 700-homer plateau Friday night, a baseball topography visited only by two or three people, depending on your tolerance for performance-enhancing substances — Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth. There was very little doubt he'd make it before the end of the season and his career, as the Cardinals' final six games are against the Pirates, his favorite tormentees.
