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Originally Posted by ErikV
Every now and again Vin Scully tells this story:
In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run."
On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only home run of his career.
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Never heard that before. Great story. On a similar note, Casey Stengel said the same thing about the Mets' chance of winning a World Series.
