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Since Chris Getz's Last Home Run

On July 19, 2009, Chris Getz hit an eighth inning home run off Baltimore pitcher Jeremy Guthrie. Since then:

Chris Getz has made 702 plate appearances.

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Jose Bautista has hit 96 home runs. 

The Royals have lost 192 games.

The Royals have changed managers from Trey Hillman to Ned Yost. Seventeen managers have been hired throughout baseball.

Aaron Crow has made his professional debut, had a poor minor league season, and become a MLB All-Star.

Two teams from the state of Alabama won BCS Championships in college football.

Eighteen head coaches in the NFL were hired.

The Dow Jones gained 3791 points or 43%.

Unemployment fell from 9.5% to 9.2%

The United States debt went up $2.7 trillion.

Osama bin Laden was killed.

Oprah went off the air.

A new country - South Sudan - came into existence.

And no home runs were hit by Chris Getz.

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