Posted by: gstock (gregg.stock@line6.com) on Wed Dec 5 16:50:41 2001

I was just on Mickey Mantle's website looking at his 10 longest home runs. 565 ft. isn't the longest recorded. Try 734 ft. He hit it against Kansas City on 5/22/63. It hit off the lights at Yankee Stadium. By scientific calculations the ball would of travled 734 ft. if it was still heading up and if it was coming down it still would of traveled 634 ft. Even if 734 ft. home run insn't the longest what about the ones he hit 660 ft, or 650ft, or 643 ft, or 630, or 620, your saying that none of those 6 home runs can be considered the longest home run ever. Give me a break. A guy could hit a ball 800ft. in a city league game, and would that be the longest home run ever, noooo, because some people think its unfair.


See http://baseball-almanac.com/feats/art_hr.shtml
For a good discussion on this topic.