.@AROD blasts home run No. 660, matching Willie Mays for 4th on the all-time list.
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— MLB (@MLB) May 2, 2015
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Alex Rodriguez belted his 660th career home run on Friday night to tie Hall of Famer, Willie Mays, for 4th on the all-time HR list. He now trails, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds, respectively.
It’s almost fitting that it would come at Fenway, as a pinch hit nonetheless. Ironically, it’s the first pinch-hit home run of A-Rod’s career.
Here was the sight as he made it back to the dugout.
Alex Rodriguez went 1,731 days between home runs 600 & 660. That's longest stretch of any player to reach milestone. pic.twitter.com/uOKzY4WNcT
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 2, 2015
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Lo and behold, Rodriguez’s blast wound up being the game winning run. Sometimes history just writes itself.
Yankees win! Alex Rodriguez's 660th career home run is also the game-winner as New York beats Boston, 3-2. pic.twitter.com/5yCA35rNO1
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 2, 2015
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Love him or hate him, you’ve got to respect him. Now, by no means am I an A-Rod fan, but this is baseball history plain and simple. And for what it’s worth, I’m one to believe that no amount of steroids can teach a perfect, contact swing.
Next up on the list: George Herman Ruth with 714 HRs. The Babe’s mark appears to be quite a ways for A-Rod to go. Tonight’s record-matcher was his 5th of the season. For perspective, he hit only 7 home runs in 44 games in 2013 before being suspended for the remainder of the season and the 2014 campaign in its entirety.
h/t MLB