there have been some very interesting things happen in this season around baseball this year, some are records, others just points of interest

ryan howard has already broken the strikeout record for a season with 197, and there is a good chance he will be the first with 200

jimmy rollins has 704 at-bats, the record's held by willie wilson, at 705

curtis granderson has at least 23 each of 2b,3b,hr,sb a feat never done before

rollins needs 1 triple to be the only player ever with a season of 30 2b, 20 3b, 30 hr, 30 sb

there are 25 guys with 30 homers this year, 17 from the national league, 6 from the american league, and 1, mark tiexiera who played in both leagues (does this big a difference seem odd to anyone else)

a-rod is having a season for the ages, he has 140 runs, 53 homers, and 151 rbi

there have only been 4 men ever have a season with 140/50/150:
babe ruth (twice)
hack wilson
jimmy foxx
sammy sosa

and lastly, our own albert pujols is now only 3 runs away from extending his record of 6 seasons at the start of his career with .300/100/30/100, he also needs 2 walks for 100, and he also goes into the weekend with an ops of .999