Today Alex Rodriguez hit another home run, his 600th to be exact. I wish I could say I was happy for him and for baseball. Make no mistake I am an avid baseball fan. I have played the game coached the game and watched many a game in the past sixty years.

I have no feeling of joy for his accomplishment. The only Major League Players that are in the 600 Homer club that deserve to be there are Ruth, Aaron, Mays & Griffey. Sosa, Bonds & Rodriguez, also in that exclusive 600 plus homer elite group, used performance enhancement drugs of one type or other making their achievements meaningless in my view.

The next player with a chance to make it to 600 homers is Jim Thome with 577. Maybe he will and maybe he will not reach 600, but at least Jim Thome has not tarnished his name or the game of baseball.

Rodriguez may well break Barry Bonds record of 762. It will mean little to baseball  purests. Hank Aaron is the real home run king followed by Babe Ruth & Willie Mays.

I hope the New York Yankees are comfortable with Rodriguez in Yankee Pinstripes. Do you ever wonder why the Yankees always look to Derek Jeter as "the face of the team" and not Rodriguez? I think we all know the answer to that question!

A.J. Burnett has proven once again that the New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman made a poor decision to bring Burnett to the Yankees. A.J. Burnett was on the pitchers mound on Monday against his former team the Toronto Blue Jays. In true Burnett style he gave up seven runs in one inning and the yankees lost to the Blue Jays by a score of 8-6.

Six runs ought to be sufficient to win a major League Baseball game, not when A.J. Burnett is pitching. This is the second time I have gone on record as saying the Yankees need to get Burnett off their roster. The Yankees will not get back to the World Series with Burnett in the Starting rotation!

Cooperstown, New York is a special place. I have been there on many occasions but never on the day of the annual Baseball Hall of Fame Inductions. This year Andre Dawson is the only player elected with at least 75% of the votes of the baseball sportswriters.

Jon Miller Broadcaster, Bill Madden Sportswriter, Doug Harvey Umpire and Whitey Herzog, Former St. Louis Cardinals  Manager, are the other inductees.

Willie Mays, Joe Morgan, Bob Feller, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Frank Robinson, Johnny Bench & Al Kaline are but a few of the Baseball Immortals that are in Cooperstown this Sunday. Yogi Berra is missing due to his recent injuries from a fall at his home in New Jersey.

Congratulations to the new inductees.