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Til: Gaylord Perry, a Major League Baseball played with the giants for 7 years and never hit a home run. The giants manager joked with reporters saying, “They’ll put a man on the moon before Perry hits a home run.” On July 20, 1969, Gaylord Perry hit a home run

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