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Bartolo Colon and the 10 unlikeliest home runs ever hit

How do you break Twitter? When Bartolo Colon hits the first home run of his career, that's how. When Colon homered on Saturday, he became the oldest player -- 42 years old -- to ever hit his first career home run. He also had the 11th slowest home run trot in history, according to TaterTrotTracker.com, although it's possible he was running at full speed. Where does it rank on the list of unlikeliest home runs ever? Let's take a look.

10. Kirk Gibson, Los Angeles Dodgers: Game 1, 1988 World Series

The one legitimate home-run hitter on this list, Gibson's walk-off home run against Dennis Eckersley was unlikely given Gibson could barely stand as he hobbled to the plate and meekly fouled off a few pitches in the eight pitch at-bat.