Thread: 1961 Topps # 406 Mantle Blasts 565 FT. Home Run
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Old 08-29-2025, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by minibbcards View Post
you have to love a university that dedicates a paper to the Physics of Baseball and the legendary "tape measure" homerun.

https://baseball.physics.illinois.ed...led%20565%20ft.
The Illinois paper is interesting, but the book by Adair cited came out of the Physics Department at Yale, where Adair was a Sterling Professor. I doubt that Adair ever visited Champaign, Illinois. Boola Boola
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