Josh Hamilton for 60?

Could Texas Rangers outfielder Josh
Hamilton reach the coveted 60-home run mark?

Texas Rangers sweet-swinging outfielder Josh Hamilton bashed his 20th home run of the season on Saturday in just the Rangers' 47th game to help him become the fastest major leaguer to hit 20 long balls since Albert Pujols pulled off the feat back in 2006. Hamilton is also the fastest American Leaguer to hit a ‘dub’ since Ken Griffey Jr. back in 1997. 

Now, while everyone knows that Hamilton has missed a ton of time throughout his career because of injuries, I’ve got to believe that Hamitlon, arguably the game’s best hitter today, can stay mostly healthy for the remained of the season, he will almost undoubtedly approach the still-important 60-home run mark (without being on PEDs).

I know one thing, after seeing Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa smash Roger Maris’ single-season mark of 61 homers (it’s still stands if you ask me) it sure would be nice to see a player make a run at the mark without having any performance-enhancing drugs in their system.

Hamilton is batting a blistering .376 and has driven in 53 runs in just 44 games and has had one four homer game and another week in which he belted out a whopping nine dingers – not to mention the fact that he’s also racked up a dozen game-winning RBIs.

Oh yeah, it sure would be nice to see if Hamilton can reach the vaunted 60-home run plateau, but even if he doesn’t, something tells me it’s going to be a fun ride.