"The way Gaylord Perry swings a bat, he stands about as much chance of hitting a home run as ... oh ... as a man does of walking on the moon. Well, Perry and astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin made it together Sunday. The San Francisco right-hander tagged his first career homer and pitched the Giants to a 7β3 victory over Los Angeles, tightening up the National League's West Division while the astronauts took a moon stroll that tightened up the universe."
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Hal Bock (Associated Press), "Perry Hits, Pitches Giants to Win," The Athens Messenger (July 21, 1969), p. 7.
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