500 For Willie McC

06/30/2012

500 For Willie McC

On this date in 1978, Giants slugger (and future Hall of Famer) Willie McCovey cranks the 500th home run of his major league career in a game against the Braves at Fulton County Stadium. Braves hurler Jamie Easterly is the victim; catcher Joe Nolan watches to see how many pieces the ball comes down in.

"Stretch," one of the few players to play in four different decades, will retire after the 1980 season with 521 career homers — most of 'em hit during an era of low offense, using only a bat, killer sideburns, and sheer intrinsic badassery.

Posted at 03:57 PM in Ballparks, Hair, Personalities, Uniforms | Permalink

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Dan Epstein

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Dan Epstein is the author of Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s and Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of '76, both published by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. He writes about baseball, music and other cultural obsessions for a variety of outlets and publications. He lives in Greensboro, NC, and is available for speaking engagements.

Big Hair and Plastic Grass

06/30/2012