Are Some Records Really That Important?

Breaking a record in a game that is as old as baseball seems like it would be extremely difficult. I mean, baseball has been played professionally since May 4, 1871. It seems to me that baseball announcers are grasping at something that will make a player or game seem important.

They would say stuff during the playoffs, like, "That is the first time in history that a pitcher has been down 3-1 in the count and got an opposing batter to fly out by throwing a slider, in the third game of the National League Championship Series."

Not an exact quote, but I'm sure that most everyone has noticed a pointless record being brought up at some point in a game. Now I have had to hear about Derek Jeter's huge achievement by having the most hits ever in Yankee Stadium.

Now, maybe that would have been something worth bringing up during the game. It should have been left at that. Derek Jeter is a great baseball player, and this is not really to take anything from him, because he does deserve to be thought of as a great player.

Does he really need to be put as a serious record holder for such an accomplishment? Sure, there have been numerous great baseball players to swing the bat in Yankee Stadium, but it's not exactly like any of them are the greatest hitter of all time.

Pete Rose never wore the pinstripes. Pete Rose is the all-time hits leader, maybe if he played his entire career as a Yankee, it would be something worth reading into. Does this record make Derek Jeter as great of a baseball player as Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, or Babe Ruth?

Every time I hear one of these pointless records come up, I stop and think of how does this compare to most hits, stolen bases, wins, saves, or RBI.

It doesn't. Not even in the slightest. For some reason, it almost seems to overshadow a guy saving 62 games. It's even seeming to overshadow the playoff race. I think this record should be something he should have some bragging rights about, but give me a break.

To think that New York is the epicenter of baseball is ridiculous. If you don't agree with this, just tune in to watch the postseason this year. Then, after the Yankees win their fist game this postseason...Oh that's right. Maybe after the Mets...Oh yeah, that too.

This is just one of those things that everyone needs to seriously stop caring about, unless you are seriously into Trivial Pursuit. Maybe it will be an answer on Jeopardy some day I guess, but it seriously isn't a record that should be paraded on ESPN for weeks on end.