Twitter Poll: Who will hit HR No. 500 first?

Last night, in lieu of a Mets win, I asked a fairly silly question just to see where everyone stood on the “Race To 500.”  Gary Sheffield, who made his first start for the Mets last night, needs only one to reach the plateau.  Carlos Delgado, who added to his total last night with a solo home run, now needs 29.

So I asked my Twitter followers: Who will hit No. 500 first?  Sheffield or Delgado…

• mets_geekette said: God, it had better be Sheffield and right quick, too.
• PaulsRandomStuf said: Carlos Delgado, no doubt. I'm beginning to think Gary Sheffield will finish his career at 499.
• letsgoduke said: delgado will not hit 30 before Gary hits one. Shef it is.
• fscker said: Gary Sheffield, after the past week, i think he'll be getting a lot more playing time in left. ala Moises Alou.
• jessicarubin said: as funny as the thought is, i think it's more realistic for sheffield to hit 1 than delgado to hit close to 30... although..
• djeffreys said: As funny/sad it would be for Gado to do it first, I think Sheff will hit at least five homers as a Met, so I'm going Sheff
• fullnelson said: Answer is Top Sheff, Gary Sheffield = 1 HR away.
• theskyzthelimit said: Delgado is definitely hitting 500 first.
• thebrowncoat said: I hope it's Sheffield because otherwise we're going to keep playing him and playing him and playing him until he does. Ugh.
• MetsNY81 said: Gary Sheffield. His 500th HR is coming by the end of the week!
• RyeOnHam said: Sheffield will but I hope that Delgado does it first. GO METS!!!
• JTKrycek said: if carlos hits 29 more HRs before shef hits even 1 then shef should give back the $400,000 the Mets paid him.
• Thommy7893 said: Even though Sheff is only a Bench Player I think he will hit his 500th first.
• cutiepie0319k said: Delgado.. he has better at bats. at least i hope its him :D

Only three people picked Delgado to hit 29 before Sheffield hits one.  It seems logic won out on this one.  But…they play the game for a reason, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

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