re: Mickey Mantle hit a ball 565 feet

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First off its baseball not football it's a game of skill not brute force. It's not impossible for a man like Mantke to create the bat speed required to hit tape measure home runs. If raw body strength were the only thing that mattered why didn't Richie sexton break any records why doesn't Matt Adams lead the league in home runs why isn't Jose Canseco the single season or alltime record holder? Ppl who believe this nonsense don't have a clue how to hit a baseball in the first place and you'll never hear any baseball ppl echo this theory. Ppl now days rather discredit a record than actually earn one.

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It takes skill and strength you moron. Some people are really strong but aren't the best hitters so they don't hit a ton of homeruns.

Some people are great hitters but don't generate a lot of power so they don't hit a lot of homeruns.

Then there are some guys like Barry Bonds who was always a good hitter and had power, but he then added strength (whether with steroids or not), and he became a fricking monster and crushed the homerun record.

Size and strength matters.