415ft home run? more? you make the call

[Dog]

okay i just hit a monster home run with howard.. and it went upper deck at citi field.. it looked like it should have been 450+ but it only said it was 415, what do you think?


EDIT: if you cant see where it landed the ball landed in the very last row in the upper deck right under "the show" sign

[ParisB]

That looks right to me.

Right field is 330', if you scale the stadium with a plan view (which i did because i'm a nerdy engineer), then 415' looks just about right.

I think homeruns down the lines look a lot farther than they are, due to the nature of the stadium dimensions and the angle the ball leaves the bat. A 415' homerun to straight away center doesn't look like a bomb because they generally only clear the wall in CF by a couple of feet, and watching on TV if you square up the ball to CF it doesn't look like it was crushed the same way.

Most stadiums usually have overhangs, terraces, multiple decks etc out in LF and RF that makes homeruns seem like bombs.

[417alum]

Quote: Originally Posted by jnes12eaglesfan

okay i just hit a monster home run with howard.. and it went upper deck at citi field.. it looked like it should have been 450+ but it only said it was 415, what do you think? EDIT: if you cant see where it landed the ball landed in the very last row in the upper deck right under "the show" sign >

very hard to tell, but 415 sounds about right.

[SeanSpence31]

I hit a 415 foot homerun with Wes Helms in Sun Life Stadium, that ended up five rows back in the upper deck of left field. Kinda of odd to me too.

[ParisB]

Quote: Originally Posted by SeanSpence31

I hit a 415 foot homerun with Wes Helms in Sun Life Stadium, that ended up five rows back in the upper deck of left field. Kinda of odd to me too.

That seems spot on also, lol. Left Field at that stadium is 330'.

I think you guys just see the ball landing in upper decks and just assume they are closer to 500'. A 415' homerun down the line will be landing in most upper decks etc.

+450' is rare

[Dog]

ha damn, it just felt like such a monster shot and it looked like it almost hit that "the show" sign so i thought it was a lot farther than 415.. guess not lol

[Dog]

Quote: Originally Posted by ParisB

That seems spot on also, lol. Left Field at that stadium is 330'. I think you guys just see the ball landing in upper decks and just assume they are closer to 500'. A 415' homerun down the line will be landing in most upper decks etc. +450' is rare

i have also hit a 464 home run with utley.. no replay for that though sorry

[Steve_OS]

That was a monster shot, nice. Love the reactions.