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Re: Re: Re: Mickey Mantle

Posted by: Jeff (kidd@islc.net) on Sat Jul 3 14:32:51 2004

Hi all. New to the board.

I can't for the life of me remember where I saw it, but a few years ago, I know I read an
article about techniques for measuring home run distance. Seems in Mantle's day, these
estimates were crude almost to the point of being non-scientific. The article concluded
that Mantle almost certainly DID NOT hit a home run 650 feet, as he is reputed to have
done.

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> Hi all. New to the board. > > I can't for the life of me remember where I saw it, but a few years ago, I know I read an > article about techniques for measuring home run distance. Seems in Mantle's day, these > estimates were crude almost to the point of being non-scientific. The article concluded > that Mantle almost certainly DID NOT hit a home run 650 feet, as he is reputed to have > done.

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