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Originally Posted by
Extendedcab
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.
There's someone in my head but its not me.
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Originally Posted by
Joebob
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
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Originally Posted by
Joebob
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.
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