NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- Everybody loves the long ball. Justin Journette loves hitting them and now everybody who takes a look at the Norfolk State record book will see that.
Journette was honored during a pregame ceremony Friday afternoon at Marty Miller Field ahead of NSU’s doubleheader with Mercyhurst for breaking the Spartans’ career home run record. Journette clubbed his record-breaking 36th career bomb a week ago against Central Connecticut State, then added to his tally with home run number 37 in game two of that doubleheader.
“When I first came in here, I never thought I would be in the record books, or even close to breaking a record,” he said Friday. “I thought it was pretty cool.”…