southsider2k5 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Has anyone ever seen a ball hit THAT far before? Have they given a distance on it yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackSox8 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 518 looks about right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 QUOTE (TheBlackSox8 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 08:21 PM) 518 looks about right Is that your guess or from the broadcast? Either way, that ball was the hardest ball I have ever seen hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 It was a bomb, but Hawk and his >600 feet comment, high-larious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Has an official distance been given yet? I couldn't see online exactly where it landed, does it have a shot at Borchard's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G&T Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 518 was the official distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 08:29 PM) Has an official distance been given yet? I couldn't see online exactly where it landed, does it have a shot at Borchard's? Thome +15>Borchard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanne Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 07:16 PM) Has anyone ever seen a ball hit THAT far before? Have they given a distance on it yet? I was at a game at old Comiskey that Dick Allen hit one to the top of the bleachers...just a tad to the right center side of the scoreboard. I think it was against the Orioles...but good lord it was a shot. I don't think too many people ever reached the bleachers at old Comiskey...but his actually was to the top of them...not far from reaching the scoreboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 QUOTE (G&T @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 07:35 PM) 518 was the official distance. Actually that's not the case, it was his 518th career homerun. From the way Hawk and DJ are talking here in the 6th the official measurement was under 500 feet but thus far they've yet to give a number. (from what I've heard at least) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 07:53 PM) Actually that's not the case, it was his 518th career homerun. From the way Hawk and DJ are talking here in the 6th the official measurement was under 500 feet but thus far they've yet to give a number. (from what I've heard at least) I know the 600 foot stuff from Hawk was crap, but anything under 500 feet is a joke. That ball was the hardest hit thing I have ever seen at that park, and I have seen Chavez's, Thomas's, and Borchard's HRs, not to mention the one the Bonds hit off of Colon a few years back that was every bit as far as those previous three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G&T Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 09:53 PM) Actually that's not the case, it was his 518th career homerun. From the way Hawk and DJ are talking here in the 6th the official measurement was under 500 feet but thus far they've yet to give a number. (from what I've heard at least) Ahhh...because an inning ago they were saying they didn't have the tools to measure a ball that far to center and I was confused. I still feel like he said 518 feet, even if he misspoke. Edited June 5, 2008 by G&T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 (edited) I used Google Earth's tape measure tool. If it cleared the part deck, it's 481. If it landed in front of the part deck, it is 440. Obviously this is 2D. So, hight might have made it longer. But you get the general idea. Note: 480 down the lines hits a scoreboard. Edited June 5, 2008 by Athomeboy_2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeman89 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 i dont think people really realize how far 500 feet is. i said as soon as it was hit that it was probably about 470-480 feet. i think 480 is probably the best guess. we can wait for hittrackeronline.com to come up with the official calculated distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSoxMatt Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 What was Borchards vs Philly, 504?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 QUOTE (lukeman89 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 09:25 PM) i dont think people really realize how far 500 feet is. THat is why the supposed 600+ ft bombs by Mantle are so amazing. I still have a REAL hard time believing someone can hit a ball 550+ ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 09:28 PM) What was Borchards vs Philly, 504?? yes http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=cws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I took a look at google earth again. If Joe's was 504 and landed in the Right Center Field concourse, then Thomes was probably pretty close to 500+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeman89 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/ from home plate to where it landed is .0822 miles which is 434 feet. now obviously it was a good 25 feet in the air so that could give it another 50ish feet of distance so i'd put it just under 500 feet by 5-15 feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSoxMatt Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Who gives a s.hit, its gone LOLOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgoarow Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 To high, to high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 464 official distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigHurt Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 464 official distance. Wow, that's not even close to Borchard's. Jeez, I wish I had seen that HR for myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 So that kid traded the 504 foot home run ball for a Borchard autographed baseball? How badly must that kid hate himself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooftop Shots Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 QUOTE (Wanne @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 07:46 PM) I was at a game at old Comiskey that Dick Allen hit one to the top of the bleachers...just a tad to the right center side of the scoreboard. I think it was against the Orioles...but good lord it was a shot. I don't think too many people ever reached the bleachers at old Comiskey...but his actually was to the top of them...not far from reaching the scoreboard. I was also at old Comiskey when Gregg Luzinski hit the back wall behind the seats in left field. The hit was an absolute missle line shot and wasn't on it's way down yet. Like nothing I ever saw before. I think it landed somewhere in Japan. Also at the New Comiskey (before it was the cell) I went to go see Bonds in batting practice. He hit one that was right of the foul pole and went into the upper deck tunnel. Next time you go to the cell, take a look from behind home plate to see what an incredible blast that was. Steroids or not............that shot was still absolute insanity. We roughly figured it out, that If that same ball was hit to straight center, it would be equivalent to hitting one over the fence, if the fence was as high as the center of video-tron scoreboard. Just beyond ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 If it was just normal bleachers out in CF, that ball would have traveled well over 500 feet, IMO. However, there is the fan-deck in Center (or whatever you call it), and Thome winded up with one hell of a high 464 foot home run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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