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Jon? jon: molly in chicago, thank you. jenna? >> the 2-0, high drive. center field deep, going back well, looking up -- [cheers and applause] see ya! there it is! number 600! alexalex rodriguez, the youngesn ever to get to 600 home runs! jenna: that's the yes network's michael kay on a-rod joining six other major league baseball players in the 600 or more club. not everyone's joining the excitement necessarily. joining us now is long time new york sports caster warner wolf or wabc radio in new york. 77 wabc radio, long time. >> long time. i'm excited to be here. i've never met you before. jenn...

>> shepard: three years to the day after the yankees great alex rodriguez hit his 500th home run, today he hit number 600 this afternoon a short time ago in the first inning against the blue jays. here's how it played out. 2-0. high drive, center field deep, going back well. looking up. see stimulus plan number 600, alex rodriguez, the youngest man to get to 600 home runs. >> it's long, far and gone and couldn't happen soon enough for yankee fans. only the 7th player in history to reach the milestone. last season he admitted he used steroids in '01 to '03.

>> the yanks third base man has finally done it alex rodriguez hit career 600 today. [cheers] center field deep. looking up. see ya. there it is. number 600. >> shepard: and it happened on a 2-0 pitch during a bronx bomber's game against toronto exactly three years to the day after he hit number 500. arod becomes the 7th and youngest player ever to join the 600 club. he says he is happy to reach 600. of course some would put an asterisk next to his accomplishment. he admitted last year to using steroids during his time with the texas rangers from 2001 to 2003. top story update a federal judge ...