The 'myth' of the 565 foot home run
by anaconda on Apr 17, 2008 2:02 PM EDT
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PrintFifty-five years ago today, Yankee icon Mickey Mantle stepped up to the plate at Griffith Stadium (Home of the Washington Senators) and proceeded to hit the longest home run in Major League Baseball history - a meteoric blast estimated at 565 feet.
Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports takes an in-depth look at the historic blast on this anniversary and the legend that was created that day.
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Well,
problem is IT HASN’T LANDED YET, so we’ll never know will we. ;) Good ol’ No. 7.
"Sports don't build character, they reveal it." - Haywood Hale Broun.
by StrappedYankee on Apr 20, 2008 12:48 PM EDT reply actions
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