Capital Punishment: The Legend of Frank Howard | Forgotten Legends Ep. 3
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2023
- Baseball has had many players who possess unbelievable power, power that can launch a ball over 500 feet. One of these players played in America's capitol. That player was none other than the Capitol Punisher, Frank Howard.
Frank passed away today, October 30th, 2023. Many of the comments on this video show not just how great of baseball player he was, but how great of a man he was. I hope this video helps showcase his career and pay tribute to a wonderful human being. May he rest in peace.
If this guy played in the cookie cutter parks of the late 70's, he would have 500 homers easily. He played in some massive parks back in his day that todays players would struggle to hit one out in.
Hondo remains among the most popular athletes (of any sport) in Washington history. A genuinely nice guy to boot; I've seen him on the D.C. Metrorail riding home to Virginia after Nationals games. Glad he got to see MLB not only return to D.C., but win a World Series.
When Frank Howard was a coach (and then manager) of the New York Mets, I got to meet him at Lee Mazzilli's baseball camp.. He was only supposed to be there one day, but came out all 3 days of the all star break! Really nice guy!
This man is a true gentleman. I have talked with Frank Howard on numerous occasions. 😊
I saw Howard play for the Senators. I met him at an autograph session and remarked about the white seats in the upper deck where his many home runs landed. He smiled and said, “Yeah and the red seats are my strikeouts.” I also told him when he swung the bet, we could feel the breeze it made.
Collected autographs years ago at old yankee stadium....the 3 nicest Guys were ,Mel stottlemyer, Frank Howard and Ralph Houk...,,,all 3 R.I.P.
Best FH comment: "How can you pound that baseball tomorrow if you don't pound that Budweiser tonight?" RIP guy. You were the standout guy on all those bad Senator teams of my youth. You are missed.
RIP to the Washington Monument, Hondo and the Capital Punisher.
I was stationed at Bolling AFB from the 1968 to 1971. The Washington Senators had a special price for active duty personnel. Because of that and the close proximity to the stadium myself and other airman would attend almost all there home games. Because there were plenty of empty seats we could see the painted seats that marked were Frank Howard had hit a homer. Many of those painted seats were in places no other human had ever hit before. It seemed like almost every game we went to he hit a monstrous homer. A memory I always tell my baseball friends.
My dad used to work at Turnpike Stadium right after the Rangers moved in, and he got to see batting practice every day. He described Howard's power as "unfathomable".
I’m 61 and I never heard of him. I’ve been reading about him and am sorry I missed his career. What a good person.
I saw him hit one into the last row of the bleachers in dead center field in the REAL Yankee Stadium, the closest anyone ever came to hitting one out. Close to 550 ft. It was 463 ft just to the center field wall. Nowadays someone hits it 450 and they make him a saint. That wouldn't even make the warning track back then.
I always liked Frank, the big guy with the wholesome round face and glasses that looked like he was a chemistry teacher. He didn't rely on flash or cool, like Mantle. Just great skill.
(1) I was a boy when Frank Howard played for the Senators. I have never heard the nick name "Capital Punisher." Back then everybody called Frank "HONDO." (2) The 1969 AL Home Run Race was one of the best ever, finishing as follows: Reggie Jackson, 47; Frank Howard, 48; and Harmon Killebrew, 49, with Harmon hitting a home run on the very last day of the season to win the title.
I saw Howard hit a batting practice home run at Baltimores Memorial Statdium that hit the scorebord. If the scorboard wasn't there it would have gone into the parking lot fair.
I remember Frank did a Nestle Quik commercial where he hit a ball out of sight (my recollection) and because of that, it became my drink of choice for 50 years and still going!
1960's Cleveland Indians fan here.
Frank was a great hitter and I didn't realize that he started his career with the Dodgers and ended it with the Tigers.
I met Frank at Fenway Park when he was coaching with the Mariners and he was one of the nicest guys I ever met.