Yesterday, Alex Rodriguez become the youngest player in baseball history to hit 500 home runs and, as I said last night, I was there to see it.
Here he was walking up to home plate:
Getting ready for the first pitch:
Rounding second base:
And inches away from making it official:
And, below the fold, someone’s already posted video on YouTube:
Update: Brendan Loy reminds me that some guy named Barry hit a home run yesterday too.
You really were up close, wow! That’s neat to be in attendance for a piece of baseball history. I was at Yankee Stadium when Mantle hit his 53rd the same year Maris did his 61″*”. More recently I was present when Biggio hit his 3000th. It’s electric to be in a big crowd sometimes, thanks for sharing your pictures.
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