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  • Did Babe Ruth's legendary 1919 Tampa home run really go 587 feet?

    Apr 5, 2019 1:00 pm by KTVU-TVIllinois in the News
    Marker commemorating 'Bab's Longest Homer' with image of Babe Ruth inset

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    • Marker commemorating 'Bab's Longest Homer' with image of Babe Ruth inset

    KTVU-TV (April 4) Illinois 'physics of baseball' expert Alan Nathan says under optimal conditions, without wind, the farthest a big-league homer can go is just under 500 feet.