1961 Topps # 406 Mantle Blasts 565 FT. Home Run

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by minibbcards

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

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

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

Well if he's never been to Champaign, he's missing out.

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[Writehooks]

There was a second hitter on the grassy knoll behind the bleachers, and his ball accounts for the final 80 feet of Mantle's blast.