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Boog Powell hit his first career home run to ... Boog Powell's BBQ station

A Boog alone has strength, but like the Planeteers, when the power of two or more Boogs are combined, great things can happen. In the A's 7-3 loss to the Orioles on Monday night, Boog Powell hit his first career home run. 
Naturally, he smashed it to former Orioles slugger Boog Powell's BBQ stand in right field. Because the Boog abides. 

Even better: The two Boogs are going to meet up on Tuesday, with a barbecue meal likely in the cards. 
"He asked me what kind of meat I liked," the A's Powell said before the game, "so I think he's going to make something good."
Powell will even be able to get his home run ball soaked in barbecue sauce (if he wants ... for some reason) thanks to the man that caught the home run ball, Tim Anderson.
In a phone call with MLB.com, Anderson explained that after catching Adam Jones' home run in left field earlier in the game, "I was moving over to right field by the time [Powell] came up to at least get close to his first home run ball. It took a bounce and hit off some hands and rolled right to me and I was able to put a glove on it."

"It was cool that he hit it toward Eutaw Street, because we have a [Boog Powell] plaque out there. But it fell just short." 
Will Monday's dinger and Tuesday's meeting lead the current Powell to take over the mantle as Earth's holder of the title of most well-known Boog Powell? He'll need to smash 338 more home runs and start leafing through the elder Powell's recipe/spell book to do it. Sadly, he'll probably never get to wear this sweet uniform, though: 

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