San Francisco’s Gaylord Perry connects for his first hit of the year, and his first major league homer, to beat the Dodgers, 7 – 3. The victim of Perry’s dinger is Claude Osteen. Last year, Alvin Dark had remarked to sports writer Harry Jupiter about Perry’s hitting, “They’ll put a man on the moon before he hits a home run.” Perry’s homer comes about 20 minutes after the club house receives word that Neil Armstrong has set foot on the moon.

On July 20, 1969 — San Francisco’s Gaylord Perry connects for his first hit of the year, and his first major league homer, to beat the Dodgers, 7 – 3. The victim of Perry’s dinger is Claude Osteen. Last year, Alvin Dark had remarked to sports writer Harry Jupiter about Perry’s hitting, “They’ll put a man on the moon before he hits a home run.” Perry’s homer comes about 20 minutes after the club house receives word that Neil Armstrong has set foot on the moon.

 

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