23 Years Ago Today This Happened in the MLB

**SBR_Guest_Pro** · 06-25-20, 12:31 PM

those were the fun days of baseball

**ace7550** · 06-25-20, 07:19 PM

I like this thread. Gonna keep it going. Way better than bickering about politics or viruses.
This is the only time I've ever seen a ball hit over the left field bleachers at AT&T (I know it's Oracle now but fukc that). I've watched hundreds of games at this park...

**SteveKerrsJunk** · 06-28-20, 07:42 AM

Originally posted by Chi_archie

saw this live, so one of my all time favorite long HR's

GlenAllen Hill giving the rooftop fans a souvenir! Guy had some major power, ridiculous sound off the bat. And if you've never enjoyed a game at Wrigley Field you're missing out.

**SteveKerrsJunk** · 06-28-20, 07:54 AM

Not a home run, but hard to talk about the steroid era without Albert Belle.

**MinnesotaFats** · 06-28-20, 08:00 AM

People say Belle was dirty....no, he's smart.

A lot of these so called dirty players or roids guys are crafty ball players. Not like today's clowns that just swing for fences.

Even Canseco had some baseball acumen.

**hawkeye 16** · 06-28-20, 08:34 AM

Originally posted by SteveKerrsJunk

GlenAllen Hill giving the rooftop fans a souvenir! Guy had some major power, ridiculous sound off the bat. And if you've never enjoyed a game at Wrigley Field you're missing out.

Wrigley is special. I always have a hard time choosing between Fenway and Wrigley. Any baseball fan should put both on their bucket list.

**PAULYPOKER** · 06-28-20, 09:17 AM

A modest 520ish slammin sammy.........

**ace7550** · 06-28-20, 10:50 AM

Originally posted by MinnesotaFats

People say Belle was dirty....no, he's smart.

A lot of these so called dirty players or roids guys are crafty ball players. Not like today's clowns that just swing for fences.

Even Canseco had some baseball acumen.

**SteveKerrsJunk** · 06-28-20, 10:57 AM

HA, good thing CHIX love the long-ball! Marco Scutaro wouldn't get away with something like that.

**agendaman** · 06-28-20, 10:58 AM

m.mantle hit one est. at 561 ft. no roids

**ace7550** · 07-14-20, 10:48 PM

**Mike Huntertz** · 07-14-20, 11:50 PM

FWIW

In 1987, Joey Meyer of the Denver Zephyrs hit the longest verifiable home run in professional baseball history. The home run was measured at a distance of 582 feet (177 m) and was hit inside Denver's Mile High Stadium.

Folkard, Claire. Guinness World Records 2003. Bantam, 2003: 312. "The longest measured home run in a Major League Game is 193 meters (634 ft) by Mickey Mantle (USA), when playing for the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA, on September 10, 1960."

**RavensFan2k3** · 07-19-20, 02:45 PM

Originally posted by eidolon

I always laugh watching that video.
0:12 He looks like a Clydesdale trotting the bags. He is massive.

Lmao!!

**Otters27** · 07-19-20, 04:05 PM

Those guys were kings during that time. Would have been cool if it wasn't performance enhancement