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It may have seemed like an eternity. As in many cases when a player is on the verge of breaking a record or accomplishing a milestone, the waiting can be interminable.

Such was the case with Minnesota Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew, who had set his sights on 500 home runs. But the epic homer was elusive, keeping Killebrew from joining an exclusive club. Entering the 1971 season, Killebrew had blasted 487 homers.

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On June 22 “Killer” clubbed number 498 off Oakland’s Daryl Patterson. The Twins’ promotion department had commemorative mugs made to celebrate the achievement. The mugs were to be distributed at a game on July 6. Certainly he would break through by then.

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But Killebrew was still sitting at 498 as the day came and went.

A sprained right toe curtailed Killebrew’s at-bats. But in the All-Star Game at Tiger Stadium on July 13, Killebrew knocked one out against Ferguson Jenkins.

Then on July 25, he inches closer to his goal when he connected for number 499