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09-27-2010, 02:30 PM
On Thursday, 29-year old Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista hit the landmark 50th homerun in a game with extraordinary pitching by Felix Hernandez as the Blue Jays won to Seattle Mariners 1-0.
Bautista received a well-deserved curtain call as his teammates retrieved the valuable souvenir for him.
The 50 homeruns are an extraordinary achievement because in 2009, Bautista only batted 13 homeruns. Bautista has also established a Major League record for the greatest home run differential from one season to the next.
The 50-run mark had not been accomplished since 2007, by Prince Fielder (50) and Alex Rodriguez (54). Bautista is only the 26th player in Major League history to reach 50 homers in a season.
He became the fourth Dominican to have done so. Others are:
Sammy Sosa (66 (1998), 64 (2001), 63 (1999) and 50 (2000).
Alex Rodriguez: 57 (2002), 54 (2007), 52 (2001)
David Ortiz 54 (2006)
"If you work hard and have the desire to succeed in anything in life, I've always believed that you can do anything you want," said Toronto general manager Cito Gaston. "If you're willing to work hard enough and sacrifice things to do it, it will happen for you. The big thing about Bautista is he's coachable. Anytime you're coachable, you have a chance to get better. Anytime you're not, you don't get better."
The Toronto Star reported that Bautista was greeted with dugout hugs and high-fives and received rapturous applause from the small but appreciative matinee crowd.
On Friday, Bautista went on to bat his 51st and 52nd homerun of the season in the Toronto victory over the Baltimore Orioles 6-4.
www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/mlb/bluejays/article/865450--griffin-bautista-makes-blue-jays-history... (http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/mlb/bluejays/article/865450--griffin-bautista-makes-blue-jays-history-by-slugging-50th-homer)
Read more: www.torontosun.com/sports/baseball/2010/09/23/15452006.html (http://www.torontosun.com/sports/baseball/2010/09/23/15452006.html)
http://blog.prorumors.com/2010/09/rumors/video-jose-bautista-hits-50th-home-run-of-the-season/
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#16)
Bautista received a well-deserved curtain call as his teammates retrieved the valuable souvenir for him.
The 50 homeruns are an extraordinary achievement because in 2009, Bautista only batted 13 homeruns. Bautista has also established a Major League record for the greatest home run differential from one season to the next.
The 50-run mark had not been accomplished since 2007, by Prince Fielder (50) and Alex Rodriguez (54). Bautista is only the 26th player in Major League history to reach 50 homers in a season.
He became the fourth Dominican to have done so. Others are:
Sammy Sosa (66 (1998), 64 (2001), 63 (1999) and 50 (2000).
Alex Rodriguez: 57 (2002), 54 (2007), 52 (2001)
David Ortiz 54 (2006)
"If you work hard and have the desire to succeed in anything in life, I've always believed that you can do anything you want," said Toronto general manager Cito Gaston. "If you're willing to work hard enough and sacrifice things to do it, it will happen for you. The big thing about Bautista is he's coachable. Anytime you're coachable, you have a chance to get better. Anytime you're not, you don't get better."
The Toronto Star reported that Bautista was greeted with dugout hugs and high-fives and received rapturous applause from the small but appreciative matinee crowd.
On Friday, Bautista went on to bat his 51st and 52nd homerun of the season in the Toronto victory over the Baltimore Orioles 6-4.
www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/mlb/bluejays/article/865450--griffin-bautista-makes-blue-jays-history... (http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/mlb/bluejays/article/865450--griffin-bautista-makes-blue-jays-history-by-slugging-50th-homer)
Read more: www.torontosun.com/sports/baseball/2010/09/23/15452006.html (http://www.torontosun.com/sports/baseball/2010/09/23/15452006.html)
http://blog.prorumors.com/2010/09/rumors/video-jose-bautista-hits-50th-home-run-of-the-season/
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#16)