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  • Rod_Carew29
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    • Apr 2004
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    #31
    @ Sandman42

    yes...I think it was to the left of the black.....

    Originally posted by Sandman42
    Encarcacion's home run didn't go into the black, it was hit into the bleachers in left-center and that has to be one of the longest ones I've ever seen hit live on TV.
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    • TarHeelBorn
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      • Nov 2002
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      #32
      Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

      The first basball game I ever went to, Jose Canseco hit one out of Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.... little did i know
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      • Rod_Carew29
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        • Apr 2004
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        #33
        @ NYJets

        Yes! I saw that one too!

        Originally posted by NYJets


        In person I saw A-Rod hit one against the Indians that cleared that 2nd green thing between the left field stands and bleachers.
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        • Kashanova
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          • Aug 2003
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          #34
          Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

          Originally posted by NYJets


          In person I saw A-Rod hit one against the Indians that cleared that 2nd green thing between the left field stands and bleachers.
          thats the one i was talking about

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          • Chief Illinimac
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            • Dec 2004
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            #35
            Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

            Originally posted by Sandman42
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            • mjb2124
              Hall Of Fame
              • Aug 2002
              • 13649

              #36
              Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

              Depends. Are we also including the HR Derby?

              If not, McGwire hit one that went 473ft at Three Rivers that I was at.

              If we do include the HR derby, I saw plenty of 500+ ft HR's at the HR Derby at Three Rivers Stadium. Griffey and Frank Thomas both went upper deck. Frank hit one to left center field that smacked off of a sign that was hanging from the upper deck. That one traveled 519ft.

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              • Coug00
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                • Jul 2002
                • 3476

                #37
                Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

                Originally posted by SlimKibbles
                b) The McGwire HR off Randy Johnson in the Kingdome has to be the most powerful, and likely the longest had it not been inside a dome, one I've ever seen. To my knowledge, up to that point in Kingdome history, nobody had hit one into the upper-deck in left. McGwire hit a fastball from Johnson halfway up the wall of the dome above the last row of seats in the upper-deck in left. Had it not been in a dome, Lord knows where that ball would have ended up.
                Saw that one in person and it was easily the longest home run I've ever seen in person. He almost nailed the McDonalds sign on the backwall. I couldn't believe how hard it bounced off the back wall. Saw the game the next night when Junior, Edgar, Buhner, Sorrento, and one other I can't remember all hit bombs within the first 3 innings. The ol' Kingdome was fun for high scoring games.

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                This wasn't a home run, but Sheffield turned on a Gil Meche fastball back in '02 or '03. He ended up pulling it foul, but he hit it so hard it cleared all 3 decks and the roofline of Safeco's leftfield foul territory out onto 1st Ave. That would have challenged McGwire's blast if Sheffield would have straightened it out.
                Last edited by Coug00; 02-22-2008, 11:37 AM.
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                • RockyTop1
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                  • Apr 2004
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                  #38
                  Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

                  It was batting practice, but in the 1990 World series in Cincinnati I saw Jose Canseco hit one in to the upper deck about 2 rows in front of where I was sitting.
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                  • SlimKibbles
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                    • Apr 2004
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                    #39
                    Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

                    Originally posted by RockyTop1
                    It was batting practice, but in the 1990 World series in Cincinnati I saw Jose Canseco hit one in to the upper deck about 2 rows in front of where I was sitting.
                    Originally posted by SlimKibbles
                    a) Even though it didn't count, during BP before Game 1 of the 1990 World Series, I was sitting with my grandpa in our seats about a third of the way up in the red reserve in-line with the left-field foulpole at Riverfront Stadium, when Jose Canseco hit it off a seat about two rows in front of us. That is a monster shot for that stadium and I never saw or heard anyone hit one even close to that area there.
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                    • theaub
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                      • Feb 2004
                      • 9643

                      #40
                      Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

                      Hahah that's weird.

                      I saw Manny hit a ball at Rogers Centre that will still going up when it went into the 5th deck. I've never seen anything like it in my life.
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                      • Blaze125
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                        • Dec 2005
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                        #41
                        Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

                        I don't remember any from in person, but 2 from TV:

                        1) Brent Clevlen in 2006 hit one off David Wells at Fenway that cleared the green monster and went out of the park. That was just ridiculous.

                        2) Carlos Pena hit one at Comerica in 2005 about 461 feet to CF.

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                        • TheMatrix31
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                          • Jul 2002
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                          #42
                          Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

                          I can't remember any in person..but Pujols off Lidge was un-****ing-believable.

                          How about the one that Bonds hit in Game 6 of the 2002 World Series? That one was probably the most powerful HR I've ever seen in my life.

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                          • SlimKibbles
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                            • Apr 2004
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                            #43
                            Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

                            Originally posted by Blaze125
                            I don't remember any from in person, but 2 from TV:

                            1) Brent Clevlen in 2006 hit one off David Wells at Fenway that cleared the green monster and went out of the park. That was just ridiculous.
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                            • Blaze125
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                              • Dec 2005
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                              #44
                              Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

                              Originally posted by SlimKibbles
                              Who is Brent Cleven? I've honestly never heard of him...
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                              Last edited by Blaze125; 02-23-2008, 06:13 PM.

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                              • ChrisHero
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                                • Jul 2003
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                                #45
                                Re: What Is The Longest Home Run You Ever Saw...

                                Originally posted by TheMatrix31
                                How about the one that Bonds hit in Game 6 of the 2002 World Series? That one was probably the most powerful HR I've ever seen in my life.
                                I was just about to bring that one up and I don't remember the year, but I can recall the Big Cat crushing one into the upper deck in Florida.

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