COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 24: Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is introduced at Clark Sports Center during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 24, 2011 in Cooperstown, New York. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Current Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black talks about his memory of giving up Reggie Jackson’s 500th homer in 1984, but also steering the Kansas City Royals to a big division win over the then-California Angels.
Thursday marked the 36th anniversary of a Major League Baseball milestone. On that September night in Anaheim, Calif., Reggie Jackson became just the 13th player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs when he belted a seventh-inning solo homer to account for the only California run in a 10-1 win by the Royals over the Angels.