Old Men Gettin' it Done

First post of the new season. Anybody out there reading it? Leave a comment if you are.

I noticed Kenny Loften, who'll turn 40 in a month, has been successful on 63 of 72 stolen base attempts from 2005 on. That's an incredible 87 1/2 %, even more incredible at his age! He may be the last 600 career stolen base guy for a long time, with that stat taking a back seat in this homer-crazy age.

Guess who's second on the active stolen base list? The guy everyone loves to hate--Barry Bonds, with 510. And he has cranked it up the last couple of weeks (in HR's, not SB's!). Through the 1st 8 games, he only had one homer and was batting a measly .192, giving some slight hope that at age 42, the injuries and bad press, etc. had finally caught up with him, and maybe Aaron's 755 would stand until A-Rod got there. But, alas, since Apr 12 the old guy has hit 7 out in 32 AB's. He's now 2nd in slugging for 2007 to A-Rod, and could top Aaron's HR mark before the all-star break. The walks are picking up, too--6 in his last 9 plate appearances, I believe! One consolation on the homer record--perhaps Bonds won't hold the crown for too long, as a rejuvenated A-Rod now has 478 at age 31. If he can avoid injury, keeps the motivation and avoids mental meltdowns a la last year, 800 wouldn't seem out of the question.

Looks like another rejuvenated old-timer, Sammy Sosa, will become the 5th ever to reach 600 HR's sometime soon. After hitting just 14 in 2005 and not playing last year, he has 7 in the first 22 games this year at age 38, and now stands at 595.