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Sports world congratulates Ortiz on 500th homer

David Ortiz made history Saturday, becoming the 27th player in Major League history to hit 500 career home runs. The accomplishment made waves across social media with a mass outpouring of congratulations from baseball fans everywhere.

Ortiz -- who has a massive social media footprint with nearly two million fans and followers across Twitter and Facebook -- retweeted some of the acknowledgments and also thanked fans for the support.

Thx #RedSoxNation 4 the support…u been w/ us all year couldnt be more proud 2 be part of NE! That HR was 4 all of us!