Who hit the longest HR you've ever seen at DNF?

[Indndawg]

I want to say mine was Frank Thomas but I'm not sure bc of time ago

[Extendedcab]

Del Bender - what a hit over left field lounge back in the day when it was open - 1977/1978 timeframe.

[Joebob]

Del Bender - what a hit over left field lounge back in the day when it was open - 1977/1978 timeframe.

This was undoubtedly the longest HR in DNF history. I sat there for ten minutes calculating in my head how far that ball went, and I just kept saying holy shit, what am I doing wrong? But I know what I saw. A few years ago I went to a NASA website and input the estimated wind speed, altitude, humidity, etc., into a calculator and the NASA calculator said it actually went 25 feet farther than my estimate, so I stuck with my eyeballed calculation just to be conservative. I'd tell everybody how far that ball went, but they'd think I was a effing idiot. But what they'd need to know is that not only was Bender a lanky long ball hitter who hit it *perfectly*, he also had a 30 mph wind at his back, and he hit it with an aluminum bat. Chew on that for a while.

[tcdog70]

This was undoubtedly the longest HR in DNF history. I sat there for ten minutes calculating in my head how far that ball went, and I just kept saying holy shit, what am I doing wrong? But I know what I saw. A few years ago I went to a NASA website and input the estimated wind speed, altitude, humidity, etc., into a calculator and the NASA calculator said it actually went 25 feet farther than my estimate, so I stuck with my eyeballed calculation just to be conservative. I'd tell everybody how far that ball went, but they'd think I was a effing idiot. But what they'd need to know is that not only was Bender a lanky long ball hitter who hit it *perfectly*, he also had a 30 mph wind at his back, and he hit it with an aluminum bat. Chew on that for a while.

Don?t think Bender had an aluminum bat. Wood back then but I could be wrong

[Schultzy]

This was undoubtedly the longest HR in DNF history. I sat there for ten minutes calculating in my head how far that ball went, and I just kept saying holy shit, what am I doing wrong? But I know what I saw. A few years ago I went to a NASA website and input the estimated wind speed, altitude, humidity, etc., into a calculator and the NASA calculator said it actually went 25 feet farther than my estimate, so I stuck with my eyeballed calculation just to be conservative. I'd tell everybody how far that ball went, but they'd think I was a effing idiot. But what they'd need to know is that not only was Bender a lanky long ball hitter who hit it *perfectly*, he also had a 30 mph wind at his back, and he hit it with an aluminum bat. Chew on that for a while.

I’d like that number please.

[StarkVegasSteve]

That would be Bobby Dalbec. Hit one over all the trailers in left field and over the bathroom behind the trailers. I still hate that guy every time I hear his name for what he did in that SR.

[Saltydog]

Bruce Castoria in '79.......His batting practices were legendary.......

[HoopsDawg]

It would have to be during the Gorilla Ball days or before. The dead bat era, followed by BBcor has made it more difficult.

[Indndawg]

It would have to be during the Gorilla Ball days or before. The dead bat era, followed by BBcor has made it more difficult.

I miss gorilla ball but I have a great appreciation for the small ball era

[OLJWales]

I miss gorilla ball but I have a great appreciation for the small ball era

If I recall, a MSU pitcher in the CWS got the shit knocked out of him on a come backer that made the news rounds and that play seemed to be the final straw to reduce bat sizes. I'm sure there were prior incidents but that play just may have been the one that tipped things towards reducing bat size.

[Doc]

Butch Hobson

[Commercecomet24]

I saw Bruce Castoria hit one that cleared everything in the left field lounge. I think the balls still in orbit. As a teenager I had never seen a ball hit that high and that far. He was an amazing power hitter!

[AROB44]

Frank Thomas !!!

[basedog]

Frank Thomas !!!

Frank Thomas indeed, ball was lifted over the light towers, amazing shot!

[SPMT]

Bo Jackson

[Coach34]

Bo Jackson from the right side- Will Clark from the left side

[dawgman]

I want to say mine was Frank Thomas but I'm not sure bc of time ago

Donnie Davis over dead center

[Choctaw Dawg]

Tie between One Rooker hit against Tennessee and Bobby Dalbec's

Rooker hit one so high it was the literal definition of a moonshot against Tennessee, it wasn't about how far it went but how high it got up. It landed right at the old bathrooms.

[ShotgunDawg]

Stephen Head into the parking lot behind the RF

[shoeless joe]

Stephen Head into the parking lot behind the RF

Yep...and it was a freezing cold Friday nite. Would hate to see where that ball would have landed on a warm afternoon.