Babe Ruth's longest home run | MLB.com
WEBApr 4, 2019 · Here's the real story of Babe Ruth's 587-foot Tampa home run. Babe Ruth has hit a lot of home runs. He's called them, he hit one into a pond of hungry alligators in Arkansas, he hit one clear out of a prison yard in upstate New York.
Was Babe Ruth's longest home run hit in Tampa or St. Pete? 'It …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · TAMPA, Fla. - Ninety-five years ago this week, Babe Ruth became the first MLB player ever to hit 500 home runs, but what may have been the Babe's longest blast happened ten years earlier. In 1919, in Tampa at Spring Training near what's now the University of Tampa, Ruth hit the ball 587 feet, but was it really the Babe's longest?
Spring Training - Babe's Home Run: The Shot that ... - Tampa …
WEBOn April 4, 1919, Babe Ruth hit the longest homer run ever recorded. In a spring training game against the New York Giants, the Babe hit pitcher George Smith’s 3-1 fastball 587 feet from Plant Field’s home plate.
Babe Ruth's historic Tampa home run ball returns home after …
WEBOn April 4, 1919, Babe Ruth hit a monstrous home run in Tampa. The Great Bambino was a Red Sox pitcher, working out during spring training, when he smashed a 587-footer from Plant Field....
Did Babe Ruth's legendary 1919 Tampa home run really go 587 …
WEBOn the 100th anniversary of Babe Ruth’s historic home run in Tampa, several scholars are asking if it ever went the 587 feet quoted on a billboard in the spot it supposedly landed, near at...
Babe Ruth home run ball is back at UT after 102 years
WEBDec 29, 2021 · On April 4, 1919, Babe Ruth hit a monstrous home run in Tampa. It took 102 years, but the ball that changed the course of America's pastime is now back at home plate, on display at the Henry B. Plant Museum.
The 100th Birthday of BABE RUTH’S EPIC TAMPA HOME RUN - Babe Ruth …
WEBOne of those hits was a monstrous home run onto the track in right field. It was hailed as the longest drive in the history of Tampa baseball. Yet, it wasn’t to the back stretch in right center (the most distant part of the field), and Ruth vowed to …
Monagan: Here’s the real story of Babe Ruth’s 587-foot home run in Tampa
WEBApr 5, 2019 · But when you Google search “Babe Ruth’s longest home run,” there’s one that pops up before all of the others: The Red Sox slugger’s mammoth blast at Tampa, Fla.’s Plant Field — exactly 100 years ago today.
Babe Ruth's historic Tampa home run ball returns home
WEBDec 28, 2021 · On April 4, 1919, Babe Ruth hit a monstrous home run in Tampa. The Great Bambino was a Red Sox pitcher, working out during spring training, when he smashed a 587-footer from Plant Field. It took 102 years, but the home run ball that changed the course of America's pastime is now back at home plate.
Babe's Longest Homer - The Historical Marker Database
WEBAug 27, 2011 · At Tampa's Plant Field on April 4, 1919, 'Babe' Ruth, playing for the Boston Red Sox against the N.Y. Giants, smacked a 587- foot home run that set a record in a pre-season game. (A historical marker located in Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida.)
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