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Mize Raps 500th Roundtripper:
UTEP first baseman Johnny Mize blasted himself into an elite group of baseball players. Today he joined the exclusive 500 home run club in the Miners 3-2 loss to the Old Dominion Monarchs.
"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," Mize 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, Mize went 1 for 4 with 2 runs batted in and 1 run scored.
Taking a look at his lifetime stats, Mize is hitting .330 with a total of 500 home runs.
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