Wednesday, April 13th , 2050
Ferdinand *Puttifoot circled the bases and raised his arm in triumph. He had finally hit his 900th home run. It was a homer for a lot of people: himself, his teammates past and present, his former managers and coaches, and especially his family, who sat near the plate cheering his every at-bat during the past few games.
*Puttifoot spoke with BNN and said, “I knew number 900 would come sooner or later. I had to keep reminding myself, ‘Relax, relax, just let it happen, let it happen.’ And it finally did.”
His milestone homer came in the Bywater Bounders 7-2 win over the Mirkwood Sylvan. *Puttifoot went 2 for 5 in the game, scored 2 runs, and batted in 2.
Looking at his career numbers, *Puttifoot has played in 3041 games with a .322 batting average. Among his 3537 hits are 362 doubles, 52 triples and 900 home runs. He has also scored 2237 runs and driven in 2281 runs.