599 and counting...

When we were all kids, we tried to imagine hitting a home run in a Major League game. We wondered what it would be like to have all of the home fans applauding and screaming in excitement.

One thing we didn't try to imagine when we were kids, however, is hitting 599 of them. That's how many Barry Bonds has right now -- 599.

Exactly where will Bonds sit on the homerun list when he retires? Only three people have passed the 600 milestone, including Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, and Willie Mays.

At age 38, usually players think about retiring, but not Bonds. With 600 one single swing away, who knows what the hopes are for the aging Bonds. 650? 750? Breaking Aarons's record of 755 homeruns? No one knows. Even Bonds doesn't even know what's in store for him, with his left hamstring benching him for most of the games last week.

With the players accepting random steroid testing, the talk of Bonds taking steroids will cease, obviously if the tests are proven negative. Then will Bonds get the recognition he deserves, or will people still reject the fact the all of Bonds' homeruns are legit?

With all of the attention Bonds is receiving, did we seem to forget Ken Griffey Jr's chances of passing 755 homeruns?

At age 32, despite three injury-prone seasons, Griffey is still in the hunt for Hank's record. With 474 homeruns under his belt, and six years younger then Bonds, in all likelihood, he still has a pretty good chance of breaking Aaron's record, if there are no more injuries for Griffey. So in a realistic world, Griffey Jr. has a better chance of breaking it than Bonds, but for some reason Bonds is receiving all of the attention. Is it because he is closer to Aaron's milestone, or because Griffey seems to be injury prone?

Only time will tell if either of them make the history books.