It's becoming ever more clear that it will be Lou Gehrig, rather than Babe Ruth, who dominates the HR leaderboard in oncoming years. Unfettered by the constraints that seem to have plagued Babe - pitching duty, inconsistency, environment - Lou is on pace to catch Babe sooner rather than later. With no such thing as ALS in this universe to prematurely curtail his career, I'll be surprised if The Iron Horse doesn't hit close to 800 all up.
This game brings him 3 closer to that target, whatever it might be, and puts his career total at 88 in 1442 AB, a ratio of 1 every 16.4 AB. This compares to Babe's 271 in 4734, or 1:17.5. When you take into consideration those "lost" years while Babe was pitching, the math is pretty simple.
As for the club they represent, the Yanks have suffered a somewhat similar fate to ourselves and now trail the BoSox in the AL. Vance hasn't been the saviour they were after and, while they lead the div in homers, their 257 BA ranks last, meaning they are getting nowhere near the buck for their bang (so to speak) they should be, with less runners aboard when the big bats go deep.
