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57 years ago today, Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run in baseball history

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Tom Faranda
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Or at least that is the contention of some people. No one is actually certain the ball went 565 feet in the air. it did exit Tiger Stadium. Mantle was 21.

“No one in the history of the game has hit the ball farther than Mickey Mantle. His 565-foot home run hit at Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953 is the home run that coined the term “tape measure home run.” It’s listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest home run ever measured.”

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