There are certain numbers in sports that, when they are reached by an athlete, automatically immortalizes them in the history of their sport.
In baseball “The 500 Home Run Club” is a nice place to be at the end of your career. It almost always makes you a shoe in for Cooperstown given that your other numbers are up to par.
New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira feels that he can be one of those players that hits 500 home runs in his career and have a really good shot at being enshrined into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.