Payne Makes 500 Mark
<Illinois:team#74> left fielder <Chris Payne:player#9983> blasted himself into an elite group of baseball players. Today he joined the exclusive 500 home run club in the Warhawks 6-4 loss to the <New York Twin Towers:team#78>.

"As soon as I hit it, I knew it was gone. I was happy to move on. Now I can go and have some fun. It is a weight lifted off my shoulders," <Payne:player#9983> told the press. He admitted just how much pressure he had been feeling. "Especially every time you'd get out of the hotel, everybody would say, 'Hey, when are you going to hit it?'"

In his milestone game, <Payne:player#9983> went 2 for 4 with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored.

In his 1837-game career <Payne:player#9983> is hitting .326 with 2448 hits, 500 home runs, 1300 runs scored and 1215 RBIs.

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