Jim Thome-He's pretty strong

[southsider2k5]

Has anyone ever seen a ball hit THAT far before? Have they given a distance on it yet?

[TheBlackSox8]

518 looks about right

[maggsmaggs]

518 looks about right

Is that your guess or from the broadcast? Either way, that ball was the hardest ball I have ever seen hit.

[greasywheels121]

It was a bomb, but Hawk and his >600 feet comment, high-larious.

[Balta1701]

Has an official distance been given yet? I couldn't see online exactly where it landed, does it have a shot at Borchard's?

[G&T]

518 was the official distance.

[southsider2k5]

Has an official distance been given yet? I couldn't see online exactly where it landed, does it have a shot at Borchard's?

 

Thome +15>Borchard

[Wanne]

Has anyone ever seen a ball hit THAT far before? Have they given a distance on it yet?

 

I was at a game at old Comiskey that Dick Allen hit one to the top of the bleachers...just a tad to the right center side of the scoreboard. I think it was against the Orioles...but good lord it was a shot. I don't think too many people ever reached the bleachers at old Comiskey...but his actually was to the top of them...not far from reaching the scoreboard.

[Kalapse]

518 was the official distance.

Actually that's not the case, it was his 518th career homerun. From the way Hawk and DJ are talking here in the 6th the official measurement was under 500 feet but thus far they've yet to give a number. (from what I've heard at least)

[southsider2k5]

Actually that's not the case, it was his 518th career homerun. From the way Hawk and DJ are talking here in the 6th the official measurement was under 500 feet but thus far they've yet to give a number. (from what I've heard at least)

 

I know the 600 foot stuff from Hawk was crap, but anything under 500 feet is a joke. That ball was the hardest hit thing I have ever seen at that park, and I have seen Chavez's, Thomas's, and Borchard's HRs, not to mention the one the Bonds hit off of Colon a few years back that was every bit as far as those previous three.

[G&T]

Actually that's not the case, it was his 518th career homerun. From the way Hawk and DJ are talking here in the 6th the official measurement was under 500 feet but thus far they've yet to give a number. (from what I've heard at least)

 

Ahhh...because an inning ago they were saying they didn't have the tools to measure a ball that far to center and I was confused. I still feel like he said 518 feet, even if he misspoke.

Edited June 5, 2008 by G&T

[HuskyCaucasian]

I used Google Earth's tape measure tool. If it cleared the part deck, it's 481. If it landed in front of the part deck, it is 440. Obviously this is 2D. So, hight might have made it longer. But you get the general idea.

 

Note: 480 down the lines hits a scoreboard.

Edited June 5, 2008 by Athomeboy_2000

[lukeman89]

i dont think people really realize how far 500 feet is.

 

i said as soon as it was hit that it was probably about 470-480 feet. i think 480 is probably the best guess. we can wait for hittrackeronline.com to come up with the official calculated distance.

[WSoxMatt]

What was Borchards vs Philly, 504??

[HuskyCaucasian]

i dont think people really realize how far 500 feet is.

 

THat is why the supposed 600+ ft bombs by Mantle are so amazing. I still have a REAL hard time believing someone can hit a ball 550+ ft.

[HuskyCaucasian]

What was Borchards vs Philly, 504??

yes

http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=cws

 

[HuskyCaucasian]

I took a look at google earth again. If Joe's was 504 and landed in the Right Center Field concourse, then Thomes was probably pretty close to 500+.

[lukeman89]

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

 

 

from home plate to where it landed is .0822 miles which is 434 feet. now obviously it was a good 25 feet in the air so that could give it another 50ish feet of distance so i'd put it just under 500 feet by 5-15 feet

[WSoxMatt]

Who gives a s.hit, its gone LOLOL

[letsgoarow]

To high, to high

[justBLAZE]

464 official distance.

[TheBigHurt]

464 official distance.

 

Wow, that's not even close to Borchard's. Jeez, I wish I had seen that HR for myself...

[Heads22]

So that kid traded the 504 foot home run ball for a Borchard autographed baseball?

 

How badly must that kid hate himself?

[Rooftop Shots]

I was at a game at old Comiskey that Dick Allen hit one to the top of the bleachers...just a tad to the right center side of the scoreboard. I think it was against the Orioles...but good lord it was a shot. I don't think too many people ever reached the bleachers at old Comiskey...but his actually was to the top of them...not far from reaching the scoreboard.

I was also at old Comiskey when Gregg Luzinski hit the back wall behind the seats in left field. The hit was an absolute missle line shot and wasn't on it's way down yet. Like nothing I ever saw before. I think it landed somewhere in Japan.

 

Also at the New Comiskey (before it was the cell) I went to go see Bonds in batting practice. He hit one that was right of the foul pole and went into the upper deck tunnel. Next time you go to the cell, take a look from behind home plate to see what an incredible blast that was. Steroids or not............that shot was still absolute insanity. We roughly figured it out, that If that same ball was hit to straight center, it would be equivalent to hitting one over the fence, if the fence was as high as the center of video-tron scoreboard. Just beyond ridiculous.

[BearSox]

If it was just normal bleachers out in CF, that ball would have traveled well over 500 feet, IMO. However, there is the fan-deck in Center (or whatever you call it), and Thome winded up with one hell of a high 464 foot home run.