{"id":243326,"date":"2025-09-21T06:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/243326\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T06:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:57:08","slug":"stantons-450th-homer-helps-yankees-close-gap-in-al-east-and-conjures-hall-of-fame-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/243326\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanton’s 450th homer helps Yankees close gap in AL East and conjures Hall of Fame talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

BALTIMORE — Giancarlo Stanton hopes his 450th home run won’t be the last milestone he celebrates before calling it a career.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a nice round number,\u201d the New York Yankees slugger said Saturday night after hitting a three-run drive in a 6-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s cool to see the names I\u2019m catching and tying and going above.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stanton hit No. 450 in his 1,719th career game. Only Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez and Harmon Killebrew were quicker to 450.<\/p>\n

If the 35-year-old Stanton continues his slugging ways, then perhaps he will reach 500 and be recognized with a plaque in Cooperstown.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s still going in what\u2019s a Hall of Fame career,\u201d Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cIt\u2019s a big number, 450, and it came with a three-run shot in the first. I feel like he\u2019s got a lot left, a lot more to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

That longball off Tomoyuki Sugano sent the Yankees on their way to an important victory. The leaders in the AL wild-card race now stand just two games behind the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays with seven games left in the regular season.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost important, it helped us win,\u201d Stanton said of his opposite-field drive<\/a> to right.<\/p>\n

Stanton didn’t start the season until July 2 because of elbow injuries. Since his return, he’s hit 21 homers.<\/p>\n

Asked to describe Stanton as a hitter, Boone replied, \u201cThe man is dangerous. A unicorn. It’s so unique how he does it, so unique how routinely hard he hits the baseball. Just a really cool day for him and us as his teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rest assured, there will be a lot more celebrating if Stanton reaches the next milestone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a lot of swings away from 500,\u201d he said. \u201cOf course you think about it, and you understand that if you bear down that I\u2019m capable of doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the Hall of Fame? After being told of Boone’s assessment, Stanton said: \u201cIt’s cool to hear. I’m still rolling. That’s for you guys to debate about. I just come in every day and do what I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE — Giancarlo Stanton hopes his 450th home run won’t be the last milestone he celebrates before calling…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":243327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[129744,347,591,1266,1822,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-243326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-129744","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-mlb-baseball","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115240989576367497","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}