As Alex Rodriguez chased home run No. 600, he had a fan cheering him on from Omaha, Neb.
Warren Buffett, who advised Rodriguez in 2007 when he negotiated a new contract with the Yankees, believes A-Rod will not stop at 600 or even 700 home runs.
“I plan to be at Yankee Stadium when Alex hits his 800th and my fantasy is to catch the ball deep in the stands in center field,” he said in an e-mail to The Post yesterday.
The 79-year-old billionaire became acquainted with Rodriguez several years ago when the Yankees third baseman asked for a meeting. The two struck up a friendship and Buffett gave Rodriguez advice after he opted out of his contract with the Yankees in 2007. It was Buffett, and not agent Scott Boras, who helped Rodriguez work out his new deal.
Buffett is a big baseball fan and has an autographed Rodriguez jersey hanging in the offices of his company, Berkshire Hathaway.