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The Bar => Sports => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on April 18, 2009, 07:34:36 AM
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Yeah, I know about the 'roids, but they don't improve bat speed.
Sheffield joins elite club with No. 500
Slugger becomes first to reach milestone in Mets uniform
By Brittany Ghiroli / Special to MLB.com
04/18/09 1:07 AM ET
NEW YORK -- Gary Sheffield's first career hit with the Mets came in dramatic fashion.
"(I) never thought it was going to happen like this," Sheffield said.
Down one run in the bottom of the seventh inning on Friday night, Sheffield came in as a pinch-hitter and blasted the ninth pitch from Brewers reliever Mitch Stetter over the left-field fence to record his 500th career home run.
The pinch-hit homer tied the game for the Mets -- who went on to win, 5-4 -- and marked Sheffield's first off-the-bench knock since July 20, 1994, with the Marlins.
Sheffield's homer marks the first time in baseball history that a player's first home run with a team was also the 500th of his career.
It was the ninth pitch of the at-bat. That makes three runs in five at-bats. I love that.
Here's the rest of the piece . . .
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=122111