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A-Rod becomes youngest to reach 500 career home runsAmong Latinos only two players have hit 500 or more home runs, Sammy Sosa & Rafael Palmiero
"I acted like a goofball running around the bases, but you only hit 500 once,'' he said after the New York Yankees beat Kansas City 16-8. The 32-year-old Rodriguez stood at home plate for a second after his first-inning drive off Kyle Davies, waiting to see where it would land. "I haven't hit one in so long I didn't know if it was going to be foul,'' he said. "Where that ball started, last week that ball would've hooked foul probably about 20 feet.'' "It was awesome and then you kind of get that high school reception when you hit a home run and all of the guys are out of the dugout,'' Rodriguez said. "It was awesome. Pretty cool.'' The crowd buzzed and roared again when A-Rod stuck his head out of the dugout for the long-awaited curtain call, which came 10 days after he hit No. 499. "He deserves it,'' teammate Johnny Damon said. "He has been a tremendous asset to this game.'' A-Rod's first home run came on June 12, 1995, against Tom Gordon and Kansas City. The last Yankee to hit 500 homers was Mickey Mantle.
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August
6, 2007
-- Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th home run Saturday afternoon, officially
becoming the youngest player in baseball history to do so. 
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