Cubs' best HR's of first half 2012

[DiamondMind]

Just to keep the good vibes going.

 

LaHair -> 460

Soriano -> 454

Soto -> 451

Soriano -> 443

Soriano -> 436

Soriano -> 433

LaHair -> 433

Baker -> 431

Soriano -> 431

Soriano -> 426

Rizzo -> 418

 

For the curious, here's the most ridiculous -- Cameron Maybin @ 485ft.

[Guest]

I can't believe they have the first Soriano home run from Friday listed at 407, especially since they list the second one at 406. It looked closer to LaHair's 460 than the listed 407.

[DiamondMind]

I can't believe they have the first Soriano home run from Friday listed at 407, especially since they list the second one at 406. It looked closer to LaHair's 460 than the listed 407.

 

I thought the same thing! I actually did a double-scan trying to find it, and eventually did near the bottom of the list. He murdered that ball, I think they underestimate some due to trajectory, but who knows. My favorites are the LaHair 460 and Maybin's moon shot.

[DiamondMind]

This one's pretty awesome as well.

[El Duderino]

http://www.hittrackeronline.com/historic.php?id=2000_1

 

best there is, best there was, best there ever will be

[17 Seconds]

yea, i still can't believe that. i don't think i've ever seen anyone hit even the bottom of that building.

[Sosa21MVP]

http://www.hittrackeronline.com/historic.php?id=2000_1

 

best there is, best there was, best there ever will be

 

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3017957919029122909

[NOLA]

http://www.hittrackeronline.com/historic.php?id=2000_1

 

best there is, best there was, best there ever will be

 

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3017957919029122909

 

I had almost forgotten how terrible Chip was. Almost.

If only he had called that shot a "laser" it would have been Chiptastic.

[Clem Fandango]

Wait for the 2nd homer...

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23019693&c_id=mlb

[Cubswin11]

Wait for the 2nd homer...

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23019693&c_id=mlb

OMFG :shock:

[KaiserCesar]

it's gotta be the shoes?

[Guest]

it's gotta be the shoes?

 

IIRC, Hill had been wearing some weird shoes at the time and they were making a big deal about it.

 

Actually, they're talking about them at the start of the clip.

[XZero771679666304]

yea, i still can't believe that. i don't think i've ever seen anyone hit even the bottom of that building.

 

I seem to recall Sosa taking out a window in that building or the one next to it on a walk off against the Mets in 1996. I think he had hit the same building a couple days before.

[javy knows my name]

it's gotta be the shoes?

 

IIRC, Hill had been wearing some weird shoes at the time and they were making a big deal about it.

 

Actually, they're talking about them at the start of the clip.

 

Yes, yes, we know. It was a terrible call, since it suggested that the painful non-sequitor they were discussing was somehow a cause of his mammoth home run. It was bush-league, terrible announcing and it should be derided as such.

[17 Seconds]

i vaguely remember the window shot. i also remember him hitting one down the street in left center

[Clem Fandango]

Wait for the 2nd homer...

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23019693&c_id=mlb

OMFG :shock:

 

The "True Distance" on that one was apparently only 467 ft. Could've sworn it would've been closer to 500, but I guess not...

 

http://hittrackeronline.com/hrdetail2.php?id=2012_2631

[hawkeyecub]

http://www.hittrackeronline.com/historic.php?id=2000_1

 

best there is, best there was, best there ever will be

 

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3017957919029122909

 

I had almost forgotten how terrible Chip was. Almost.

If only he had called that shot a "laser" it would have been Chiptastic.

 

Chip with Dan Roan. Ick.

[Banedon]

Rizzo -> 418

 

mlb.com's description of this one says it's Rizzo's 2nd career homer. I guess HR's hit with the Padres don't count.

[Sammys Boombox]

What about Soriano's 2nd HR on 6/8? That one went into the upper deck at Minnesota. It says 418 on hit tracker, but there is no way. That ball was a bomb.

[Derwood]

Rizzo -> 418

 

mlb.com's description of this one says it's Rizzo's 2nd career homer. I guess HR's hit with the Padres don't count.

 

I believe that was agreed on in the latest CBA.

[23sharks]

http://www.hittrackeronline.com/historic.php?id=2000_1

 

best there is, best there was, best there ever will be

 

Before I even clicked on the link, Hill's HR popped into my mind.

[23sharks]

I think it was Barry Foote that bounced one off the street and threw one of the apartment windows. They did a slow mo of the HR, and the dude had the game on TV. He held the ball out of the window for everyone to see. Was pretty classic.

[bcl412]

There's nothing better in sports than watching monster homers. Glenallen Hill's was probably the most amazing I've seen. Sosa's that went down the street was awesome too. I also remember his shot off the camera well in game 2 of the NLCS very well.

[Brian]

There's nothing better in sports than watching monster homers. Glenallen Hill's was probably the most amazing I've seen. Sosa's that went down the street was awesome too. I also remember his shot off the camera well in game 2 of the NLCS very well.

 

Kenny Lofton's reaction is my lasting memory of that HR.

[Cubswin11]

Sosa's HR off the camera booth in the NLCS was [expletive] orgasmic