Welcome to the 500 Home Run Club
Welcome to the 500 Home Run Club®, LLC, the exclusively authorized,
internationally recognized organization founded to celebrate the awe
inspiring achievements of the greatest home run hitters in baseball
history. The club operates with the endorsement and support of both
Major League Baseball and the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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 A long time ago in America, there was a beautiful game called baseball. Before 162-game seasons and extended playoffs and fans who watched World Series games in thick down jackets; before the D.H. came to the American League; before AstroTurf and aluminum bats; before ballparks named for corporations; and long, long before the innocence of the game was stained by the filthy deception of steroids.
In that vanished time, there was a ballplayer named Willie Mays…
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 Players in position to break out in 2010
By Dave Adler and Ron Shandler, BaseballHQ.com
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Albert Pujols and Mark Teixeira will probably have good years in 2010. Many fantasy owners at your auction table next spring will be primed to open their wallet for these guys.
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Buck O'Neil, Chairman of the Board Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
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"It's quite an honor to hit 500 major league home runs because very few athletes are fortunate enough to play at that level or stay healthy long enough to achieve this great feat. Every player remembers how they felt when they hit their first home run when they were a kid ; then again in high school, college, and organized baseball... you light up like a Christmas tree. But only a few can say they reached the 500 home run mark, and that's something really special." |
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NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM
BUCK O'NEIL
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Jeff Idelson, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
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"One of the great achievements in baseball is becoming a member of the vaunted and exclusive 500 home run clubs, as less than one percent of those privileged to have played Major League Baseball since 1876 have reached that plateau. The 500 Home Run Club pays special tribute to those who have worked hard enough and been blessed to attain one of baseball's most magical milestones." |
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NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
JEFF IDELSON
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Commissioner Selig on the "500 Home Run Club"
"Throughout the long history of the Major League Baseball there are only have been 20 players who hit 500 or more home runs. These players are members of an ultra-exclusive organization called the "500 Home Run Club"and represent the games greatest sluggers. Their achievements are marked by ability,power, endurance, and longevity, and they will be remembered and revered for all time."
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ALLAN H. (BUD) SELIG
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