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TIL that in 1963, the manager of Hall of Fame pitcher, Gaylord Perry, said jokingly, “They’ll put a man on the moon before he hits a home run.” Sure enough, on July 20, 1969, Perry hit his first career home run, just an hour after Apollo 11 landed on the moon.

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