SWC75
Bored Historian
- Joined
- Aug 26, 2011
- Messages
- 33,979
- Like
- 65,539
I ran across this rather amazing listing of Mickey Mantle's longest home runs:
http://www.themick.com/10homers.html#Home Run #1
I'm extemely skeptical of the listed distances. The theory used is that all home runs can be measured as triangles. In fact, when the ball starts to lose energy, it tends to come down rather quickly. perhaps not straight down but it doesn"come in for a landing".
This article puts it in some perspective:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/art_hr.shtml
http://www.themick.com/10homers.html#Home Run #1
I'm extemely skeptical of the listed distances. The theory used is that all home runs can be measured as triangles. In fact, when the ball starts to lose energy, it tends to come down rather quickly. perhaps not straight down but it doesn"come in for a landing".
This article puts it in some perspective:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/art_hr.shtml
