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Jul 11, 2017
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SoCalCoug
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Josh Gibson 580 feet. Greatest home run hitter in professional American baseball
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Is this the longest homerun in professional baseball history?
Skeptical Optimist
7/11/17 12:31pm
The record is claimed to be 734 ft- Mickey Mantle
cheezedawg
7/11/17 12:34pm
lolol
Dillinger
7/11/17 12:43pm
It must have rolled down the street a long ways.
dYrtbYkerYder
7/11/17 12:46pm
Holy crap
TNT
7/11/17 12:46pm
Just looked it up, the estimated distance for that was 503 feet
Skeptical Optimist
7/11/17 12:50pm
Yup, any analysis of the known variables quickly destroys that claim
cheezedawg
7/11/17 12:54pm
I think it was 565, no?
Downtown
7/11/17 12:54pm
Video link
Downtown
7/11/17 12:59pm
Babe Ruth. 575 verified.
byujacob
7/11/17 12:35pm
LOL at verified.
ToasterChive
7/11/17 12:47pm
RE: LOL at verified.
byujacob
7/11/17 12:57pm
I'm guessing that Mark McGwire or Jose Canseco would likely hit farther.
ToasterChive
7/11/17 1:08pm
Josh Gibson remains the only player to hit a fair ball over the roof
SoCalCoug
7/11/17 1:25pm
This hit was verified. They painted the seat that it hit at Mile High Stadium
Skeptical Optimist
7/11/17 12:51pm
Babe Ruth played at Mile High?
ToasterChive
7/11/17 12:56pm
Do you know anything about baseball?
byujacob
7/11/17 12:57pm
He hit it in Boston. It landed on that seat in Denver.
squidmark
7/11/17 1:25pm
That color guy sounded like Irv Brown that used to do the WAC hoops games
fulano
7/11/17 12:36pm
Left fielder hardly moves; just watches
ColoSpgs
7/11/17 12:44pm
The shortstop moves more than the left fielder
Skeptical Optimist
7/11/17 12:51pm
Yes that is the one for sure, I have no doubt.
Jeremy
7/11/17 12:46pm
Josh Gibson 580 feet. Greatest home run hitter in professional American baseball
SoCalCoug
7/11/17 1:19pm
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