Hitting 200 home runs is a highly respected and significant accomplishment over the course of a Major League career, which, of course, means hitting 201 is even better. During Saturday’s 18-2 pounding of the AL East first-place New York Yankees by the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 54,746, 34-year-old Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy did both.
“To hit as many as I’ve hit in a Dodger uniform, that’s kind of what this organization has meant to me. So it’s a blessing for sure,” Muncy said of his career milestone. “It’s a number that I’m definitely proud of. Hopefully, I still got a lot more in me.”
For good measure, Muncy also drove in a run in the bottom of the first with a sharp single to right. The popular Midland, TX native and fifth-round draft pick in 2012 by the Oakland Athletics out of Baylor University now has six home runs on the season for eighth most on the team, and 31 RBIs, which ties him with Mookie Betts for fifth most on the team.
Oh, and then there’s this:
Needless to say, there’s an exceptionally good chance that we won’t have to wait very long for number 202, 203, 204 – and so on.
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