The one time Statcast needed to work it didn't. I only saw the replay, but the homerun Aaron Judge hit in Safeco field last night had to be one of the longest ever. Anywhere. Maybe the longest in history. I've sat in the center field bleachers for lots of games and I've never heard of a ball getting near there. He almost hit it out of the stadium. It had to be over 600 ft.
Originally Posted by Hulky
David Cone was talking about it on the broadcast and said in the early to mid 90's Edgar Martinez hit one off of him that landed a few rows ahead almost in the same spot, he looked it up midgame at 472. So Judge's was probably in the 480-490 territory.
Maybe they'll figure out how to measure it at some point but I'd be willing to bet Judge's homerun was a lot farther than that.
ESPN has a pretty good home run tracker. I looked at the homers on there, and if it's the one I'm seeing it was measured at only 437 True Distance. His launch angle was really high, so it carried up into the seats, but it seems like it was coming straight down when it landed, versus some home runs that are still traveling horizontally when they reach the seats.
http://www.hittrackeronline.com/
I dunno how comparable this is, but Ive seen a few homers hit the top deck at the rogers centre, that's only 450 feet or so, but the height is ridiculous at that distance lol
This is always gonna be the most impressive play I've ever seen though.
Gives me goosebumps every time. And I hate jeter/yankees.
I was just looking at a video of the furthest homers ever recorded, I forgot cecil fielder hit a homer over the roof of tiger stadium lol
The Royals keep doing just enough to string me along. They probably should have made some trades for the future though.
Anyone watching the Nationals game and see why Strasburg only played two scoreless innings? (It's now the 6th)
In all honesty, didn't look too good. He threw a funky pitch, turned his back to the catcher and made a fist and flexed his elbow and grimaced. Second he did that, 19 people were out on the field to get him outta there. Hopefully it's just an elbow sprain
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