This was a great thread in The Show 12 and I think it's an appropriate time to open it up and get going again. (Credit to Jmik58 for creating this glorious competition) Here's the first post from the thread last year to help guys who don't know what this is understand:
(I'll add categories to the scoreboard as necessary as I'm feeling lazy right now)
LEADERBOARD:
490 Club: fezzysspleen (Jose Bautista, 491') Thelegion902 (Kevin Youkillis, 490')
460 Club: franklubatti (Jose Bautista, 467') bosterchiper (Chip Dylewski, 464') vinny_pizza (Curtis Granderson, 462')
450 Club: franklubatti (Mike Trout, 459') Majingir (J.P. Arencibia, 458') tjhamstar (Tommy Hamill, 456') vinny_pizza (Aaron Hill, 455') RunningTheNight (Mike Morse, 454') Tecumseh_81 (Andrew Nichols, 453') gator3guy (Jimmy Rollins, 453') thomas2345 (Jose Bautista, 452') basketballer0385 (Matt Charles, 452') Madden's Jowels (Trey Griffey, 452') RnRexpress3423 (Edwin Encarnacion, 451')
440 Club: tjhamstar (Tommy Hamill, 449') sigurd (Jason Heyward, 448') soxin12 (Mike Napoli, 448') puckhogg11 (Chris Davis, 448') JHeyBraves (Jason Heyward, 448') tofubrain2 (Mike Morse, 445') tjhamstar (Tommy Hamill, 445') Sheamazin (Ike Davis, 444') RnRexpress3423 (Dustin Ackley: 443') Kccitystar (Chris Carter, 443') codyj123_321 (Dre Johnson, 441') nusie (Jeff Francoeur, 440')
430 Club: nascarfreak24ny (Josh Reddick, 439') COMMISSIONERHBK9 (Anthony Rizzo, 438') TGov (The Dude Lebowski, 434') Shaffer26 (Andrew McCutchen, 433') vinny_pizza (Vinny Boombatz, 432')
420 Club: vinny_pizza (CJ Pisano, 429') TheNumber35 (Prince Fielder, 428') Sheamazin (Colby Rasmus, 428) statdude (Ian Desmond, 428') Drakar (Drakar, 427') Patriots1996 (Jason Wyrick, 427') COMMISSIONERHBK9 (Kevin Youkillis, 421') Shaffer26 (Prince Fielder, 420')
410 Club: Legaci3 (David Wright, 418') jmik58 (Justin Morneau, 417') ratedmoney (Mark Teixiera, 412') statdude (AJ Pierzynski, 411')
400 Club Legaci3 (Joey Bats, 407') TGov (Will Middlebrooks, 403') COMMISSIONERHBK9 (Buster Posey, 401')
390 Club Legaci3 (Joey Bats, 393') statdude (Bryce Harper, 392')
380 Club statdude (Paul Goldschmidt, 387') Waitinfor28 (Chien-Ming Wang, 381')
370 Club: jmik58 (Joe Mauer, 376')
Wall Scraper Club: COMMISSIONERHBK9 (Alex Rodriguez, 349') jmik58 (Carlos Pena, 345') statdude (Yoneis Cespedes, 344') Shaffer26 (Pedro Alvarez, 340')
I thought it would be fun to share and keep a dynamic "scorecard" of the longest home runs hit in-game by fellow-O.S. members. No HR Derby shots; only in-game.
Also, provide a couple screenshots and/or video highlights for proof. I'm not 100% positive, but I was thinking the boxscore gamelog or other stat tracking locations may record the length of the home run, but don't quote me. Anyways, make sure you can back it up with visual proof.
EDIT: Don't worry about getting an image showing the distance. Just post a screenshot or video of the homerun and we'll go by the honor system on distance.
Sliders aren't something I'll get picky about. If you want to jack the power and contact all the way up, that's your thing. I'm in it for realism so I'm trying to find balance and try not to skew things with sliders. The point is to have fun with it.
I'll periodically update the "Scoreboard" as more guys launch qualifying shots.
What do you get if you make it on the board? Bragging rights of course...and a cheaply made certificate honoring your accomplishments. Crappy frame from Wal-Mart not included.
Let the fun begin...
Also, a helpful hint to everyone. As soon as you hit a HR that you think is a bomb, just press the "PS" button and scroll left to the Images/Take Screenshot option. Wait for a good moment and just snap the screenshot (hopefully showing the distance). Then it's just a simple transfer to a hard drive or flash drive and upload to the ol' internet and post it here. Good luck to everyone.
Also, provide a couple screenshots and/or video highlights for proof. I'm not 100% positive, but I was thinking the boxscore gamelog or other stat tracking locations may record the length of the home run, but don't quote me. Anyways, make sure you can back it up with visual proof.
EDIT: Don't worry about getting an image showing the distance. Just post a screenshot or video of the homerun and we'll go by the honor system on distance.
Sliders aren't something I'll get picky about. If you want to jack the power and contact all the way up, that's your thing. I'm in it for realism so I'm trying to find balance and try not to skew things with sliders. The point is to have fun with it.
I'll periodically update the "Scoreboard" as more guys launch qualifying shots.
What do you get if you make it on the board? Bragging rights of course...and a cheaply made certificate honoring your accomplishments. Crappy frame from Wal-Mart not included.
Let the fun begin...
Also, a helpful hint to everyone. As soon as you hit a HR that you think is a bomb, just press the "PS" button and scroll left to the Images/Take Screenshot option. Wait for a good moment and just snap the screenshot (hopefully showing the distance). Then it's just a simple transfer to a hard drive or flash drive and upload to the ol' internet and post it here. Good luck to everyone.
LEADERBOARD:
490 Club: fezzysspleen (Jose Bautista, 491') Thelegion902 (Kevin Youkillis, 490')
460 Club: franklubatti (Jose Bautista, 467') bosterchiper (Chip Dylewski, 464') vinny_pizza (Curtis Granderson, 462')
450 Club: franklubatti (Mike Trout, 459') Majingir (J.P. Arencibia, 458') tjhamstar (Tommy Hamill, 456') vinny_pizza (Aaron Hill, 455') RunningTheNight (Mike Morse, 454') Tecumseh_81 (Andrew Nichols, 453') gator3guy (Jimmy Rollins, 453') thomas2345 (Jose Bautista, 452') basketballer0385 (Matt Charles, 452') Madden's Jowels (Trey Griffey, 452') RnRexpress3423 (Edwin Encarnacion, 451')
440 Club: tjhamstar (Tommy Hamill, 449') sigurd (Jason Heyward, 448') soxin12 (Mike Napoli, 448') puckhogg11 (Chris Davis, 448') JHeyBraves (Jason Heyward, 448') tofubrain2 (Mike Morse, 445') tjhamstar (Tommy Hamill, 445') Sheamazin (Ike Davis, 444') RnRexpress3423 (Dustin Ackley: 443') Kccitystar (Chris Carter, 443') codyj123_321 (Dre Johnson, 441') nusie (Jeff Francoeur, 440')
430 Club: nascarfreak24ny (Josh Reddick, 439') COMMISSIONERHBK9 (Anthony Rizzo, 438') TGov (The Dude Lebowski, 434') Shaffer26 (Andrew McCutchen, 433') vinny_pizza (Vinny Boombatz, 432')
420 Club: vinny_pizza (CJ Pisano, 429') TheNumber35 (Prince Fielder, 428') Sheamazin (Colby Rasmus, 428) statdude (Ian Desmond, 428') Drakar (Drakar, 427') Patriots1996 (Jason Wyrick, 427') COMMISSIONERHBK9 (Kevin Youkillis, 421') Shaffer26 (Prince Fielder, 420')
410 Club: Legaci3 (David Wright, 418') jmik58 (Justin Morneau, 417') ratedmoney (Mark Teixiera, 412') statdude (AJ Pierzynski, 411')
400 Club Legaci3 (Joey Bats, 407') TGov (Will Middlebrooks, 403') COMMISSIONERHBK9 (Buster Posey, 401')
390 Club Legaci3 (Joey Bats, 393') statdude (Bryce Harper, 392')
380 Club statdude (Paul Goldschmidt, 387') Waitinfor28 (Chien-Ming Wang, 381')
370 Club: jmik58 (Joe Mauer, 376')
Wall Scraper Club: COMMISSIONERHBK9 (Alex Rodriguez, 349') jmik58 (Carlos Pena, 345') statdude (Yoneis Cespedes, 344') Shaffer26 (Pedro Alvarez, 340')
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