Friday, September 27th , 2052
Minas Tirith defeated Old Forest today 9-8 and took some of the joy out of Alrond *Hubbard, Jr.’s 500th career home run.
“I just wanted to get a good swing on the ball all day,” *Hubbard, Jr. said. “And I did.”
Despite the loss, it was a good game for the 29-year-old Merry Fellows designated hitter. He had 3 hits, scored 3 runs and had 4 runs batted in.
The Titans manager said, “You could see he was aggressive up there. The worst thing we did was throw him a strike. It probably would have been better if we threw the ball outside of the strike zone every time he came to the plate because he seemed like he was in a hurry to get it over with.”
His lifetime stats show that *Hubbard, Jr. has hit .314 and connected for 502 home runs.