Sammy Sosa's 9th Home Run of 2003 (One of the Longest Home Runs in MLB History Estimated At 520 ft)
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Sosa's homers go the distance
Paul Sullivan, Tribune staff reporter
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Sammy Sosa let his bat do all the talking for him Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, hitting a pair of tape-measure home runs in the Cubs 9-1 rout of Milwaukee before a season-high crowd of 40,389 at Wrigley Field.
With the wind blowing out on the first sweltering night of the season here, the Cubs pounded six home runs off Brewers pitching, including back-to-back-to-back homers in the sixth from winning pitcher Kerry Wood, Mark Grudzielanek and Alex Gonzalez.
But the biggest buzz of the night belonged to Sosa, whom manager Dusty Baker says is "in exile" from the media.
Sosa cranked a 420-foot homer off starter Ruben Quevedo in the first that disappeared into the top row of the shrubbery in straightaway center. He followed up in the fifth with a 520-foot shot off reliever Luis Vizcaino that landed on Kenmore Avenue, one of the longest blasts of his career.
Wood said it's the longest ball he has seen, including Glenallen Hill's shot off the roof of a Waveland Avenue apartment building in 2000.
"We all expect it," Wood said. "He has been getting there the last week or so, and today he was pretty locked in."
Baker, who has seen his share of long-distance shots by Barry Bonds, concurred.
"That was one of the longest ones I've seen," Baker said. "I couldn't tell how far it went, into the trees or where. All I know is it went over the fence and I lost sight of it after a while. You have to commend Sammy. He didn't watch it. He just hit it, did his skip and ran around the bases."
Sosa has 36 career home runs against the Brewers, baseball's equivalent of a corked franchise.
All the offense obscured another fine outing by Wood, who allowed one run in seven innings while striking out eight to post his third victory in four starts.
Three days after joining Eddie Vedder on stage during a Pearl Jam concert at Alpine Valley, Wood was back on his natural stage. Like Saturday night's concert, Wood was backed by plenty of hits on Tuesday night, something to which he hasn't been accustomed this season.
The Cubs finished with 13 hits, including eight for extra-bases. Corey Patterson and Sosa hit back-to-back homers off Quevedo (1-4) in the Cubs' four-run first, giving Wood more runs in one inning than they had scored with him on the mound in 10 of his previous 11 starts.
Despite a game-time temperature of 90, Wood (7-5) grew stronger. After Geoff Jenkins' shot in the first, he shut out the Brewers over the next 6 1/3 innings.
"`Woody' was masterful," Baker said.
Summer hit with a bang on Tuesday and a 15 m.p.h. southwest wind had Cubs hitters drooling from the outset.
"We had like, three days of spring," Baker said. "And then, pii-yaa!"
Baker has said since April this Cubs' offense will heat up with the weather and it made him look like a genius Tuesday night, knocking Quevedo out after he retired only two of the eight men he faced.
Even a 16-minute power outage delay in the first could not deter the Cubs offense. The back-to-back-to-back homers was the ninth time the Cubs have accomplished that feat, the first time since Sept. 29, 2001 against Houston.
Sosa, who hadn't homered at Wrigley since April 17, has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games, batting .378 over that span. The Cubs desperately need Sosa to put the team on his back, as he did in 1998.
"We all know in the summer months he can get hot and carry us for a while," general manager Jim Hendry said.
Sosa declined to speak afterward, continuing his media boycott. But if he continues to hit like he did on Tuesday, the Cubs won't mind if he acts like the Sphinx for the remainder of the season.
Source - Chicago Tribune
I still get excited watching these videos. These were the best and most exciting years to be a Cubs fan. I miss these days 😢
Nothing was better than waking up in June of 1998 to turn on WGN and watch a day game with Sammy destroying Sl-llT
I was at this game, in upper deck behind home plate, I did see it disappear in the trees...It was awesome!
No way!! Lucky guy!!
It was pretty funny watching Alou fly out to center on the next at bat. That looked like an infield fly in comparison.
Dude, thank you so much for posting this!!! I was at this game and have been scouring the internet searching for footage of this HR for years! I was sitting Upper Deck Reserved along the 3rd base line, maybe right around the edge of the infield and had the perfect angle to see this one fly out. The craziest HR I've ever seen in my life, and I was at the Schwarber top of the scoreboard game too in 2015, so that's saying something! I know steroids probably paid a part in this, but it was just mind-boggling to see. Thanks again!
Same, I have been looking for this for a while as well. It was something to behold in person, you can't get the same feeling in video.
Steroids will not make this any less impressive. Steroids absolutely can help in baseball, but most of it is recovery time. In the dog days of August when people are exhausted and can help their muscles recover and keep them fresh. I mean it's going to help with strength of course but strength doesn't help with home runs as much as people think. I've seen some tiny scrawny kids hit the ball 450 ft I've seen jacked up dudes that cant hit the ball out of the infield. Look at Jose altuve and how small he is but how far he can hit the ball. Size isn't everything and neither is strength. Bat speed and technique is the majority of it. I've done professional wrestling for 15 years and I've done tons of steroids. And I've never seen any improvement on how far I can hit a ball when I take steroids. Don't get me wrong I'm not taking steroids to get better at baseball I was doing it for bodybuilding and wrestling and I just happen to play baseball on the side but I wasn't ever a homerun guy. The farthest balls I hit where when I was seventeen and tiny. Cuz I was planning everyday and I was getting really good at that point. When I was 40 pounds heavier than that and strong as an ox I wasn't hitting the ball anywhere near as far. I don't give a shit is steroids help someone or not. Everyone was on them back then. It was an even playing field. People don't think that back in the 60's and 70's era steroids haha they've been around forever. They were taking amphetamines and other drugs in the 40s and 50s also. Not to mention half the guys pitching in Major League baseball in babe Ruth day, have regular jobs. They wouldn't even be in the minor leagues in today's baseball. There's always cheating in baseball it's just different time periods have different forms of cheating. Every generation has its cheat scandals. Steroids saved baseball.
The fact that the cameraman had to pan up to the Moon just to find the ball looks so comical
A literal moonshot
Sosa hit like 200 home runs in his career against the Brewers
And another 100 against the Rockies at Coor's Field.
@@gpaulso no
Omg yeah. I always looked forward to my Cubs playing the Brewers back then. I just knew Sammy was going to hit tape measure home runs against the Brewers. In 1998, he hit 60, 61, and 62 against them. Surprisingly, he actually hit "only" 44 home runs against the Brewers. For reference, that may seem like a lot, however, the record against one team was Babe Ruth who hit 123 against the Detroit Tigers.
@@jeffreydowns347 Another one that comes to mind is Bonds against the Rockies with like 90 home runs.
@@hmhm856 I just looked it up. He hit 54 against the Rockies, which probably seemed like 90. It also, however, seems like he hit 2,000 career home runs 🤣
Wish they had the Milwaukee feed. All the Announcer said was...OH...MY...GOD
cut the crap mickey mantle lovers......that went 620.
Sammy absolutely dropped bombs in his prime.
I lived in Wrigleyville at the time, and there was a 25 mph wind blowing straight out to left field, it hit in front of the 4th house down the street on the right side, and it was closer to 540, one person came up with 537 ft & and another came up with 542 ft, definitely his longest career home run
I was watching his other videos and thought to myself how cool would it have been to live around Wrigley during this time you didn't even need tickets because the streets seemed like a party during the games and you got free hall of fame souvenirs shot out to you randomly each game lol
@Russell Scott there was a 25+ mph wind blowing straight out to left center that night when he hit, so that obviously helped
536 ft.
@@hankkershell1380 Regardless, it was utterly jacked.
So it basically landed around the same spot that Kingman’s hit in the late 70’s? That was a rocket too.
Definitely longer than Glenallen Hill 500 feet one. This was not 520. Maybe between 530-540 feet range.
Yea, this one was similar to the Kingman HR of 1979.
@@dirliedirlKingman hit one down Kenmore in 1976 as a Met; some say further than the 79 Homer.
That's Kingman territory!
Best era in baseball! I haven't watched a game since 2007.
The Glenallen Hill shot was farther than 500 feet too. Just massive home runs.
Hill's rooftop homerun had to be at least 550. I've never seen any human hurt a baseball that badly.
@@hamricmike8 I was sitting about 20 rows behind home plate for Hill's blast. It sounded like a GUNSHOT when bat met ball. Couldn't even track it's flight in the air. Still the single most impressive thing I've ever witnessed in my life.
I don't know. Sosa's over the tree...
Kingman’s and Sosa’s were both farther than Hills. The base of that building is around 450’ or so away and the rooftop is around 40 or so feet high. And when it landed it was definitely on its way down. So… 500’ is a very fair assessment of that shot.
Sosa and Dave’s shots were definitely around 530-540 range. Most likely would have went over that left field rooftop building if they pulled theirs.
@@jimclaus1576you’d think they would know this smh
I love Chip Caray. And miss him calling Cubs games.
Len sucks
Same w Steve Stone
Odd how this HR never appears on the list of longest HRs ever. It should. The only longer two homers I've see on video of from Wrigley are Glennallen Hill's that landed on the roof to the left of that tree with the fans on it and Kingman's 1979 homer that landed on the porch of the third house down the street. Which is still the longest home run I've ever seen by anyone ever.
Gary Gaetti hit one similar down Kenmore when he played with the Cardinals. I think 1996 or 1997.
Sammy's was farther if there was a house rooftop there he would have roofed it or hit it over
I know they didn't have those sorts of advanced stats back then but Sosa may have had the fastest bat speed of recent baseball history.
And he swung a huge bat. Goes without saying he was freakishly strong
Dude swing so hard he had to adjust his back when he missed
Bonds
Bonds had the fastest, but Sammy couldn’t have been far behind.
I don't know that Bonds had a faster bat. I think he was just a much smarter hitter. But pure bat speed, who knows
This ball is longer than 520 feet lol..
I was there 2nd deck behind third base and i can only recall comparing it to someone hitting a golf ball
Missing 2003 oh so much. Greatest Cubs season ever in my mind. I remember watching this Sosa home run on TV. I cried. It was wonderful. Greatest home run ever. Period. End of Story.
They literally won the World Series in 2016. What?
@@evanw2192 Hahaha good one. Wish it was true, but sadly it is not 😢. It's been 114 years since their last title. The Curse still lives on. It's embarrassing.
@@musicman76enator ur on crack
@@musicman76enator Are you dumb or stupid? They won the World Series in 2016...
Fueled by 'roids.
Great home run, wow! Looks like it was just as far, if not further, than Dave Kingman's 3rd home run in the 23-22 loss to the Phillies in 1979, that one was a bomb too, it hit the porch of the 3rd house on the right down that street...
I was wondering about that.
I was working as an usher for this game in the section right behind home plate. There was a roar when he hit it, and an “OHHHH!!” when it disappeared in the trees, as if someone laid a massive hit in a hockey/football game. My hands were on my head in shock. The ballhawks put a spot on the street where it landed, which was measured at 536 feet. Would’ve cleared the rooftop if it was 30 feet to the left. Unbelievable to witness.
I was at this game: down the LF line. I swear this ball didn't start coming down until the warning track.
I was at this game and this was one of the most impressive athletic feats I've ever witnessed. Earlier, Sosa hit one 420. Cubs hit back to back and back to back to back in this game.
Dude it hit so hard it went over the tree across the street/walkway from the stadium. 😂
I have the ball!
Is that Right?
@@adamdorgant9454 yep. Even has a scrape in the leather from it hitting a tree limb
@@BudFuddlacker that's funny cuz I have the ball
This is the first time seeing this. I have seen Glen Allen Hills , Dave kingmans.
Love the way he sez "over the tree"
y pensar en tanta alegría y emociones que le dio Sammy sosa a Chicago cubs, y creo que no lo tratan igual que Boston a david, yankees a alex, San Luis a Pujols.
That one had to be at least 525 FEET OR MUCH MORE. it went over the trees and on top of the apartment building. that's gotta be one for the ages.
You figure with all the happyness he brought people over the years he would have earned some leniency and forgiveness from the fans. He was always for the fans. Sammy said hello to them every game on his run out and he never snubbed the media either. He didnt have to do any of that he could have been a glum megastar like bonds or irascible like westbrook. So one corked bat and a steroid scandal later and everyone absolutely hated him. All tje good cheer he had brought with his home runs and goodwill with the public, gone. It was at that point that I stopped being a Cubs fan. I couldnt be associated with a spoiled and completely ungrateful fandom after that. They still dislike him over at Wrigley. And its fine, I dont care about that organization anymore either.
Steroid baseball was so much better
520 feet?? Baloney! Try 600+
how have I never seen this before! The only two longer HR that I've seen in Wrigley is 1979 Kingman. That's farther than Hill's rooftop.
I'm self-admittedly a Sosa fanboy, but I don't believe Kingman's homerun was as long as it was estimated to be, and I believe this homerun here was closer to 535-540 ft, not 520 ft. I'd bet money that this one was just as long, if not longer than Kingman's.
@@gpaulso, I went on Google Earth and measures both from home plate. Both were less distant than I thought they would be. Surprisingly so. Kingman's was longer from what I could tell. Try it!
@@rufuspipemos That makes no sense, how would you be able to tell? Do you know exactly where the ball landed?
I think that Sammy Sosa develop his power around 2002 and 2003 in his prime during the steroid era. Those last 2 years he went crazy to hit 500ft..
You mean he developed his PEDs?
Steroids & Corked Bats. Sosa is always in over his head thinking he's the GOAT a loving legend and a Hero to everyone.
Just because you don't think he's a legend and a hero doesn't mean he isn't either of those things to others. He IS a legend and a hero to MANY people.
I'm not a Sosa fan. Without roids he was incapable of hitting a ball 450. That much said, this HR is otherworldly. It looked like a comet streaking through the sky. Can't tell precisely where it lands, but it's at minimum 530, and possibly 540 to 550. This is without a doubt the longest or second longest HR on RUclips. The famous Glenallen Hill homer that landed on top of the building was 500. This was WAAAAAY longer. The people sitting on the rooftop -- 500 feet away -- have to turn around completely to try and watch it . The only comparable HRs at Wrigley are Kingman's 535 in 79' and Kingman's 550+ with the Mets. This HR was monstrous. It should be #1 or #2 on all the "Longest HR videos" that proliferate on RUclips.
If you slow down the video you can see the ball slightly above the roof of the tall house on the right at the 0:46 second mark. It's visible for a fraction of a second.
Kingman's 4/14/76 blast of 550-560 when he was with Mets is longest I've ever seen, but yeah, this is only one to compare to that one. I saw that one on TV, but cant find it on You Tube.
@@othusa Unfortunately that video has never appeared anywhere. It may exist in the WGN archive. But after 45 years it's unlikely that anyone will dig it up.
@@cygnusx-3217 I recall watching the 4/14/76 Kingman moonshot on TV when I was a kid. It was televised on WOR-TV Channel 9 in NYC. The camera angle when Kong hit it was from the top behind home plate looking down. There was a strong wind blowing out toward left field, likely very similar to same conditions when Sosa hit his monster home run, Ralph Kiner who called the home run practically fell out of the booth. Which one of these is longer, I can't be sure. I'm still leaning toward Kingman's. Any idea?
Kingman hit it just a little farther AND it wasnt above the belt. Still a massive shot
Steroids were absolutely amazing.
This might be as far as Clementes further than Kingmans and GAH it looks like
0:40 BYE!! More like MY GOODNESS!!!!
That one had to rival the one hit by the Awesome Kong himself (Dave Kingman) in 1976
If you're referring to the one Kingman hit on Waveland Ave. against the Phillies that was in 1979.
@@duran007fan5 Nope. I am referring to the one he hit April 14, 1976 in Wrigley field as a New York Met. That was widely considered to be the longest home run ever hit in Wrigley until Sosa's shot. Around the 540 foot range.
@@windcatcher331 The Kingman shot that hit the porch in 79' was 535. They took a tape measure to the exact spot where it landed. The picture was in the Tribune. He hit the roof of that same house with the Mets, as you mention. I would add another 20 to 25 feet, so probably 555 to 560. Perhaps the longest homer ever hit.
You don’t see them hit like that anymore.
I agree, the 4/14/76 Kingman homer when he was a Met was longer than the '79 homer. I've seen both of them.
He really corked that one.
The Brewers were still garbage with Richie Sexon, Wes Helms, and Geoff Jenkins I still don’t get it.....
@@isaacnewton8914 Ben Sheets was decent till he declined and Yovani Gaillardo became our staple pitcher for awhile.
I think this would be one of the 3 longest home runs ever hit at Wrigley, ..... the other 2 being Babe Ruth's homer, in game 3 of the 1932 World Series, which just missed the scoreboard, and Dave Kingman's home run on May 17, 1979, which also went down Kenmore, and landed in the 2nd yard down that particular street .....
To me, that Kingman HR is the longest HR at Wrigley and one of the longest of all time. The ball actually landed on the 4th "lot" down the street (3 houses and 1 vacant lot). Statcast recently analyzed this HR and put it closer to 540, vs the 522 which it was originally at. Still, what a shot.
Gran batazo, buen video
Steroids are a hell of a drug.
Got CORK?
That tree isn't there anymore is it? Looking on google maps, doesn't look like it. I like how the taxi driver or the car stopped like WHAT just happend haha
No, I think it is. Like you, I looked at Google Maps after seeing this. And I think it's just a matter of depth perception related to how the cameras were positioned. On the broadcast, it looks like that tree is at the corner of Waveland and Kenmore. But I think it's about 60-80? or maybe even 100ft down Kenmore. Like, it surprised me when I looked at the satellite picture of that area and realized that apartment building that Glen Allen Hill hit on top of the roof(the same one that Sammy's bomb went over) is actually elongated as opposed to having a square profile when viewed from above.😓
@@ryanjustice2670 You mean that is the tree at the back of the yellow apt building in front of the back stairwell? Holy toledo. THat is probably one of the longest HR's in MLB history.
@@Greg4fun Yeah, I think it is. I can't be sure because I live in Tennessee and it's been a long time since I've been to Wrigleyville. But I really do think it is. And you're right, that was probably actually the longest home run in MLB history.⚾
@@ryanjustice2670 Longer than 520 feet for sure, that is at least 550=560.
@@ryanjustice2670 ruclips.net/video/29vIx1hsmjg/видео.html look at 24:58 here. I think there was a tree there that they removed. Still hard to tell though.
How far was this?? Idt we’ll ever know the actual distance but I’m thinking over 500 forsure
They estimated it at 520 feet.
the cork
1998 was a great season for baseball. Couldn't wait until SportCenter came on to see what Sosa and McGwire did. Makes it more special thinking back when times were so much better than the shit show we have today
a few feet to the left and it could have gone onto one of the rooftops
Dave Kingmans blast in 1979 against Phillies. Hit the 3rd house down across Waveland Ave.
This bomb kinda makes Glenallen Hill's shot look like a 350 foot flyout 💉💉💉
No way that was only 520 ft.
Kingmans was further and off a better pitch...still not bad though
Almost hit what I think was a taxi
You can't climb ladder with any more alacrity than that. Jump and club
Wow
🐐 Of north Chicago
He had to use roids to do these homeruns and hit it.
Ese luis biscaino le dieron palo de malda
Jajajaj Andy Abad jaja
That shot was like an a-steroid.
💉💉💉💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Roids..........
And Corked Bats and Bleached Skin!!!!!
Roids much ?
Bring back steroids!
All marred by steroids
All these batting stances just scream roids