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Posted By: Scott

But three home runs in particular amazed me because of how hard they were hit and how quickly they left the park:

1 - I was sitting about half-way up the outfield in the 'dome (that's "Astrodome" for you younger people), watching the Reds hammer the Astros. Tony Perez hit a line drive OVER our heads that was still rising. It was truly amazing to see the "Perez/Bench"-era Reds when they were loaded with power.

2 - Sitting equally far away from home plate, at Cleveland Municipal, when Sandy Alomar Jr. hit one very similar to the Perez shot. Made me wonder why he wasn't hitting 50 a year.

3 - Frank Thomas hit a liner to left-field in the new Comiskey, that I watched from high up behind home plate. It looked like anyone standing along it's path could have reached up and caught it - pure line drive, got out in a hurry.