text: in 1963 what baseball picther said they'll put aman on the moon before i hit a home run only a few hours neil armstong set foot on the moon on july 20th 1969 he hit his only home run of his career gaylord perry hit the homerun, but the person who actually said it is still in doubt.  there are two people who most argue said it, those being perry himself and the other being alvin dark, the manager of the san francisco giants who perry was playing for.    there seems to be more evidence that alvin dark said it to sportswriter harry jupiter while watching a giants batting practice.    jupiter states that he said, "you know that guy has some power." in reference to perry.  dark quipped back, "let me tell you something, there'll be a man on the moon before he hits a homerun."  this statement and its attribution to perry or dark is still undetermined......