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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2120: Morales Swats #500
Florida left fielder Fernando Morales blasted himself into an elite group of baseball players. Today he joined the exclusive 500 home run club in the Marlins 8-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves.
"As soon as I hit it, I knew it was gone. I was happy to move on. Now I can go and have some fun. It is a weight lifted off my shoulders," Morales told the press. He admitted just how much pressure he had been feeling. "Especially every time you'd get out of the hotel, everybody would say, 'Hey, when are you going to hit it?'"
In his milestone game, Morales went 2-for-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored.
Morales has a lifetime .268 average with 1782 hits, 221 doubles, 39 triples, 500 home runs and 1354 RBIs to date.
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