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[Skyboxer]

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Actually I don't think it was a train. I believe someone(DiMagio I thought) hit one in the back of a pickup truck

[Skyboxer]

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Actually I don't think it was a train. I believe someone(DiMagio I thought) hit one in the back of a pickup truck

[Motown]

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Actually I don't think it was a train. I believe someone(DiMagio I thought) hit ine in the back of a pickup truck

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YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!

[Motown]

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Actually I don't think it was a train. I believe someone(DiMagio I thought) hit ine in the back of a pickup truck

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YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!

[scope7272]

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legend has it that josh gibson from the negro leagues once hit the longest hr ever. it was in one of those mlb vs. negro league all star games. but of course wont get credit for it. by the way how far the the hr that mcguire hit off of randy johnson? 573?

[scope7272]

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legend has it that josh gibson from the negro leagues once hit the longest hr ever. it was in one of those mlb vs. negro league all star games. but of course wont get credit for it. by the way how far the the hr that mcguire hit off of randy johnson? 573?

[CardinalsFan5]

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I know All-Star baseball has Gehrig and Babe Ruth so I guess Mantle will be in there also am pretty sure DiMaggio will be in it.

[CardinalsFan5]

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I know All-Star baseball has Gehrig and Babe Ruth so I guess Mantle will be in there also am pretty sure DiMaggio will be in it.

[CarrotJuice]

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Mantle hit a ball out of Griffith stadium im Washington that was supposedly the farthest ever hit. And he also nearly hit one out of Yankee stadium, hit the top of the facade. Both of those were said to be 550+, but I dont think he or anyone else has hit one 650+. Youd better look that one up. Also Mantle definatly didnt play in the dead ball era 1890-1920. He just didnt play in our juiced ball era. Not taking anything away from the Mick, cuase he did hit some clouts and there is no telling what hed do in this era.

[CarrotJuice]

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Mantle hit a ball out of Griffith stadium im Washington that was supposedly the farthest ever hit. And he also nearly hit one out of Yankee stadium, hit the top of the facade. Both of those were said to be 550+, but I dont think he or anyone else has hit one 650+. Youd better look that one up. Also Mantle definatly didnt play in the dead ball era 1890-1920. He just didnt play in our juiced ball era. Not taking anything away from the Mick, cuase he did hit some clouts and there is no telling what hed do in this era.

[Skyboxer]

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What I"ve found:

Longest reported:
Sept. 10, 1960 at Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mantle is reported to have hit a ball that flew over the fight field bleachers and through the Stadium's lighting. Some say it was at least 440 feet off the ground when it left the park. That one was estimated at 634 feet, but it is highly disputed.


On April 17, 1953, Mickey Mantle is credited with what many consider to be the longest HR in baseball history. He is estimated to have hit a 565-foot home run at Washington's Griffith Stadium off Senators pitcher Chuck Stobbs.

Out of Yankee Stadium also:
John Holway, author of numerous books on the Negro Leagues, says "At the age of 18, in the 1930 playoffs, Josh Gibson hit a line drive into the LF bullpen. According to two eyewitnesses, it hit two feet from the top of the wall at the back of the bullpen."

[Skyboxer]

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What I"ve found:

Longest reported:
Sept. 10, 1960 at Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mantle is reported to have hit a ball that flew over the fight field bleachers and through the Stadium's lighting. Some say it was at least 440 feet off the ground when it left the park. That one was estimated at 634 feet, but it is highly disputed.


On April 17, 1953, Mickey Mantle is credited with what many consider to be the longest HR in baseball history. He is estimated to have hit a 565-foot home run at Washington's Griffith Stadium off Senators pitcher Chuck Stobbs.

Out of Yankee Stadium also:
John Holway, author of numerous books on the Negro Leagues, says "At the age of 18, in the 1930 playoffs, Josh Gibson hit a line drive into the LF bullpen. According to two eyewitnesses, it hit two feet from the top of the wall at the back of the bullpen."

[CarrotJuice]

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The ball Mcguire hit off Johnson was 530 feet.

[CarrotJuice]

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The ball Mcguire hit off Johnson was 530 feet.

[Motown]

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I know All-Star baseball has Gehrig and Babe Ruth so I guess Mantle will be in there also am pretty sure DiMaggio will be in it.

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I saw a movie of ASB about NY legends and....no Mantle and no DiMaggio unless they were on the bench lol! no way that's gonna happen, so i have my doubts