[Tiger Fan]

So much for thinking this might be a quick 3 or 4 game dynasty. As you can see from above, Aaron has had a terrible start to the season. He has only had 1 at bat where he came anywhere close to displaying some power and that was against Cincinnati when he hit a deep foul fly ball to left field and on the next pitch drilled a deep ball to centerfield that Cesar Geronimo ran down on the warning track.

Aaron more often that not has been behind in the count and is playing like one would expect a typical 40 year old ballplayer to perform. Has age suddenly caught up to him?

Facing two of the National League's premier clubs to start the season has not helped either, but there is no reprieve from that. Atlanta finishes the four game set against Los Angeles and then Cincinnati comes to town for a 3 game weekend series. Things should get easier next week as San Diego visits for 4 games followed by a 4 game trip to Houston.

I should note that Frank Robinson has two homers in 4 games with California. Robinson now has 554 homers, good for fourth place behind Ruth, Aaron and the now retired Willie Mays. Harmon Killebrew is also closing in on 550. The 37 year old Killebrew is struggling like Aaron, going 1-for-8 with 5 walks in 3 games with the Minnesota Twins.

Another milestone fast approaching is Bob Gibson's quest for 3000 strikeouts. Gibson had just 2 k's in his first start of the year for the Cardinals and his 70 strikeouts shy of joining Walter Johnson as the only two pitchers with 3000 strikeouts. Johnson's total of 3509 is certainly out of Gibson's reach. In case you are wondering, 27 year old Nolan Ryan has 1221 career strikeouts so far, including 16 in two starts this season.