23 Years Ago Today This Happened in the MLB

[DiggityDaggityDo]

6/24/97: Mark McGwire hits a 538 ft bomb off of Randy Johnson

[MinnesotaFats]

LOL

just a BOMB my god

[johnnyvegas13]

Good old days of roid

[clockwise1965]

Steroids.. Work every time.

[El Nino]

Damn, just a roided up monster! Do we really think that went 538' though? Not like they had Amazon digital technology back then.

[pavyracer]

A 330 ft home run and a 583 ft home run will only score one run.

[ace7550]

A 330 ft home run and a 583 home run will only score one run.

If I pound out a 2 or a 9 I got laid either way. But I'd much prefer the 9.

[ace7550]

Tim Salmon: "That's the furthest ball I've ever seen hit."

[MinnesotaFats]

Damn, just a roided up monster! Do we really think that went 538' though? Not like they had Amazon digital technology back then.

Well it did go upper deck left field Kingdome lol

I mean, really, how many balls ever made it upper deck left field at the Homerdome?

I don't doubt the 538

[Kermit]

[MinnesotaFats]

Tim Salmon: "That's the furthest ball I've ever seen hit."

Remember Soschia walking him w bases loaded lol

[JIBBBY]

HGH is a hell of a drug!!!

[ace7550]

The roid years were awesome. Baseball at its best

[Chi_archie]

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

[ace7550]

That dude up on that roof never in a million years thought he'd be getting his hands on a home run ball up there

[beefcake]

How bout the Canseco home run at Skydome?

https://youtu.be/EJHbH-3wljE

[Mike Huntertz]

The roid years were awesome. Baseball at its best

I agree, but I don't tell my kids!
Always play fair, I say.

[MinnesotaFats]

The crazy thing about the roids era was it also gave us phenomenal pitching...like we'll never see again. Certainly no more 300 game winners.

Maddux
Johnson
Glavine
Clemens
Halliday
Schilling
Martinez
Santana
Sabathia
Lee
Burleile
El Duke

[MinnesotaFats]

Forgot to add that skinny righty from SF and Zito

[manny24]

[El Nino]

Well it did go upper deck left field Kingdome lol

I mean, really, how many balls ever made it upper deck left field at the Homerdome?

I don't doubt the 538

Not sure. Here's a vid of McGwire doing it twice in one inning a year earlier though

The 2nd one was listed as being in the 480' range. I don't see over 50' further in comparison.

[cincinnatikid513]

mlb network was showing last day of the 2011 regular season that was epic with the redsox choking and the rays coming back to win

[MinnesotaFats]

mlb network was showing last day of the 2011 regular season that was epic with the redsox choking and the rays coming back to win

Did NOT need to see this

That TB Ray's game 2nd worse beat of my life, but added salt to my wound as FUKKIN Dan Johnson owns my ass.

Beat me by .001 point in HS batting, ended my 97 year w a walk off 3 run homer in HS sectionals (4-2) and my 98 year with 3 run double in sectionals in bot 7 w 2 out (7-6). Then I guess fukked my buddies sister at the Grand Slam batting cages in Coon Rapids later that night lol

[ace7550]

How bout the Canseco home run at Skydome?

https://youtu.be/EJHbH-3wljE

Before we were together my wife got hit on by Jose Canseco and she didn't sleep with him. So fukcing lame. I could have been a bash brother.

[Mr. Teaser]

mlb network was showing last day of the 2011 regular season that was epic with the redsox choking and the rays coming bac

Craziest day of baseball you will ever see.

[hawkeye 16]

6/24/97: Mark McGwire hits a 538 ft bomb off of Randy Johnson

I feel sorry for the bat. A Randy Johnson fastball against a McGwire swing. That bat must have come from one hell of a strong tree.

[cincinnatikid513]

Did NOT need to see this

That TB Ray's game 2nd worse beat of my life, but added salt to my wound as FUKKIN Dan Johnson owns my ass.

Beat me by .001 point in HS batting, ended my 97 year w a walk off 3 run homer in HS sectionals (4-2) and my 98 year with 3 run double in sectionals in bot 7 w 2 out (7-6). Then I guess fukked my buddies sister at the Grand Slam batting cages in Coon Rapids later that night lol

dan the man johnson it is

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Before we were together my wife got hit on by Jose Canseco and she didn't sleep with him. So fukcing lame. I could have been a bash brother.

Oh wow Acer, you could have been tunnel buddies with Jose Canseco.

Sorry it didn't happen, man.

[ace7550]

Oh wow Acer, you could have been tunnel buddies with Jose Canseco.

Sorry it didn't happen, man.

I was too. My wife is selfish.

[MinnesotaFats]

I was too. My wife is selfish.

Makes me wonder if any SBR dudes are eskimo brothers?

[ace7550]

This one is ridiculous too. "He brought 55,000 people out of their seats!" When will we hear those words again...

[cincinnatikid513]

headed for new jersey

[pologq]

The roid years were awesome. Baseball at its best

i am with you

[pologq]

This one is ridiculous too. "He brought 55,000 people out of their seats!" When will we hear those words again...

his bat speed was incredible

[eidolon]

6/24/97: Mark McGwire hits a 538 ft bomb off of Randy Johnson

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