Announcers tend to revert to hyperbole any time a home run is hit. Players routinely "hit a ball a mile," or "hit it out of the park." For Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton, sometimes the hyperbole is real. He proved as much Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the top of the first inning, Stanton clobbered an 85 mph cutter from Mike Bolsinger out to left field for a mammoth home run. This one may not have traveled a mile, but it actually left the stadium. That may have hit the Hollywood sign. @Giancarlo818 homers OUT of Dodger Stadium. http://t.co/YwObAilXmR pic.twitter.com/cG1aikDIr0 — Miami Marlins (@Marlins) May 13, 2015 As expected, the blast was among the furthest balls hit this season. Stanton's bomb was hit with an exit velocity of 114 MPH... Measured at 475 feet. Damn. — Daren Willman (@darenw) May 13, 2015 That measurement would make Stanton's home run the third longest hit this year. We've probably reached the point where any story about Stanton's prodigious power is believable. Did he homer so hard that he broke the Marlins' home run sculpture? Did he hit one 600 feet? Did he hit a ball so far that the umpires decided it was worth double the...
Giancarlo Stanton hits a ball out of Dodger Stadium
Published May 12, 2015 at 9:35 PM
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