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re: How far can you hit a baseball? (perfect type pitch right down the middle)

Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:43 pm to
Posted by LSUengineer12
The Best Side
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:43 pm to
Right handed or Left handed?
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
34206 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:43 pm to
I took one yard at batting practice last week, NBD
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
33469 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:43 pm to
Who on here has had their longest homerun measured?



Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:44 pm to
Just over the third baseman's glove down the line.

Distance doesn't matter in baseball, it's placement.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80685 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:44 pm to
The moon has craters in it for a reason. Just saying.
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:45 pm to
i used to be a big thing in baseball communities, my momma died and her last words to me was "swing away". I just didn't have the heart for baseball after that. Years later our farm was attacked by aliens and then it all came together for me when i had to crush some alien skull with a bat hanging on the wall.
Posted by bamafan1001
Member since Jun 2011
15783 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:47 pm to
I could hit it out of any part of any major league stadium with a metal bat. With a wood bat I could hit it out in the corners maybe center if I really cranked it.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:49 pm to
i could probably pull a ball into shallow/medium left field. thats probably as far as id go
Posted by KG6
Member since Aug 2009
10920 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:51 pm to
I'd honestly love to take a long BP session to see what I can do nowadays. I was never a power hitter. In high school I had the one legit opportunity at a home run robbed (seriously what kind of luck is that, I put the ball over the fence once, and a guy happens to make an unbelievable catch over the wall).

I feel like I'm much stronger than I was in high school (I was a skinny second baseman). I feel like if I could take some time to get my swing back, I'd be able to hit further (but that may just be me playing it up in my head ). I 100% couldn't step in the box against "real" pitching though.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
16637 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:52 pm to
I'm being serious. I must just have that right hitch or muscle fiber. I'm not very good at golf but crank my driver around 330-340. Most courses I don't even hit it as I would drive the fairway or be OB. It just is what it is.
This post was edited on 3/29/16 at 1:56 pm
Posted by Superior Pariah
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Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:53 pm to
Oo! Oo! A dick measuring contest!
Posted by hg
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Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:56 pm to
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Posted by fillmoregandt
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Posted on 3/29/16 at 2:07 pm to
quote:

i used to be a big thing in baseball communities, my momma died and her last words to me was "swing away". I just didn't have the heart for baseball after that. Years later our farm was attacked by aliens and then it all came together for me when i had to crush some alien skull with a bat hanging on the wall


Good thing you had a weird niece that left cups of water everywhere
Posted by Dale Murphy
God's Country
Member since Feb 2005
24963 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 2:07 pm to
I hit one to dead center in high school and the field was 400 ft. But now I'd be lucky to make it out of the infield.
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
62249 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

I hit one to dead center in high school and the field was 400 ft. But now I'd be lucky to make it out of the infield.



It was 385 when your old arse played.
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
62249 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 2:21 pm to
Not sure exactly. I was a line drive hitter growing up. Became a power hitter the fatter I got playing softball. Farthest I've hit a softball was 415ish according to Google Earth. Baseball SHOULD be able to travel farther.
This post was edited on 3/29/16 at 2:21 pm
Posted by theenemy
Member since Oct 2006
13078 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 2:22 pm to
quote:

Distance doesn't matter in baseball, it's placement.



Said every Punch and Judy hitter.
Posted by SouthTiger504
Member since Sep 2014
1163 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 2:23 pm to
If I hit it clean it would be gone but I wouldn't hit it clean so it doesn't matter.

My problem with baseball growing up is I would always swing as hard as I possibly could and would rarely get a clean hit, but when I did it was out the park.
Posted by CockHolliday
Columbia, SC
Member since Dec 2012
4847 posts
Posted on 3/29/16 at 2:24 pm to
Probably about as far as I hit my sand wedge
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 3/29/16 at 2:26 pm to
I bet I would have a tough time hitting one out now

of course this is the ot and by that I mean dead center into a 30 mph wind at the ballpark in omaha
This post was edited on 3/29/16 at 2:27 pm
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