We are the keepers of the milestones, and so we are the ones who get to dutifully tell Carlos Beltran every time he reaches one, surpasses one, climbs ever higher into the pantheon of great players of his generation.
Monday night, it was an eighth-inning home run that broke open a tie and won a game for the Yankees. That was the 999th extra-base hit of Beltran’s career. Tuesday night, first inning, it was a two-run shot that gave the Yankees an early lead on the way to a 6-3 win over the Angels.