Bryce Hurt with Broken Thumb; Tied at 180 Home Runs All Time

    It is late June 2022, and Mr. Harper is out because of an errant pitch, I think from Trevor Blake Snell of the Padres. The hurler felt bad, admitted his accident. Bryce used his hand to block the pitch, and later said he would rather have taken the thrown ball in the face, which he has survived before. Trout is out on the field of play and healthy; still putting up the numbers as a sure thing Hall of Famer. Well ahead of Bryce, but Harper is doing all right.

    His stats since I last recorded him and his long shots, which was about nine home runs ago:

180.	Ken Boyer (15)	282	8274	R	HR Log
	Eric Davis (17)	282	6147	R	HR Log
	Bryce Harper (11, 29)	282	5757	L	HR Log
	Adam Jones (14)	282	7516	R	HR Log
	Brian McCann (15)	282	6850	L	HR Log
	Ryne Sandberg+ (16)	282	9282	R	HR Log
186.	Paul O'Neill (17)	281	8329	L	HR Log
187.	Freddie Freeman (13, 32)	279	6981	L	HR Log
	Ted Kluszewski (15)	279	6470	L	HR Log
189.	Mike Cameron (17)	278	7884	R	HR Log
	Ryan Klesko (16)	278	6523	L	HR Log
191.	Rudy York (13)	277	6723	R	HR Log
192.	Andrew McCutchen (14, 35)	276	7848	R	HR Log
193.	Brian Downing (20)	275	9309	R	HR Log
	Roger Maris (12)	275	5847	L	HR Log
	Dean Palmer (14)	275	5513	R	HR Log
	Jorge Posada (17)	275	7150	B	HR Log
197.	Dante Bichette (14)	274	6856	R	HR Log
	J.D. Martinez (12, 34)	274	5575	R	HR Log

    Freeman is doing great at age 32, now on the powerful Dodgers, coming off a heroic year with the World champion Braves. McCutchen is still going at age 35, year 14 of his career. J.D. Martinez at age 34 and his 12th year is up there, too. Bryce, I expect, will be back in another 3-4 weeks and finish the season of 2022 closer to 300 dingers.

    Not bad for not yet 30. It remains to be seen if his Phillies team will continue to play well as they did in most of the early part of June, and make the playoffs in three more months. Do they have enough pitching? The hitters might be good enough.

    I watched many of the above names on this shared list, including all--timer second baseman Ryne Sandberg, the Rhino. One of the best at his position ever.

The son of Dante Bichette is doing it for Toronto, as his team has other sons, Guerrero and Biggio. Those apples have not fallen far from their respective trees. If that is the proper expression.

Peace, y'all.

Blessings for Ukraine. Going on month five of that wretched conflict. We are blessed to only have to deal with high gas prices, inflation, and protests over the rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States.