June 3, 1967, Killebrew hits a 520-foot homer
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7 жыл бұрынOn June 3, 1967, Harmon Killebrew hits a 520-foot home run at Met Stadium
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@dougthegreat1808 3 жыл бұрын
No body armour, no batting gloves, just raw power!
@Jleed989 2 жыл бұрын
Or steroids
@vernpascal1531 2 жыл бұрын
@@Jleed989 Or weights... just Country Strong..Superhuman Natural Strong like Mantle
@raygsbrelcik5578 2 жыл бұрын
@@Jleed989 Amen!
@crimsontide1980 Жыл бұрын
I never saw him play, wasn't alive then, but I've stories about how he had ridiculously strong hands and he used to grip the bat deep in this hands, unlike most players who generally grip the bat at the top part of their hands right where the fingers connect to the hands. Just a genetic freak for this era and like many others have said, wasn't a weight lifter, just natural strength
@raygsbrelcik5578 Жыл бұрын
@@crimsontide1980 Mickey was raised on a Farm, and used to spend lots of time just swinging a bat against a 'Hanging tire.' Which is why he also struck out a lot. He had all the power a guy needs----but if he'd have practiced swinging, while just aiming at a small, Chalk--mark on the tire, he would've been the All--Time HR leader! In my humble opinion, of course. And I was THERE in those days, when all the "GREATS" played. Harmon Killebrew was MY fav.' I'm from Minnesota, originally.
@brabham74 6 жыл бұрын
I saw Harmon Killebew play against the Tigers in the summer of 1968. When Killebrew came to bat, the whole stadium stopped and watched. He was really something else.
@paulhudson4254 3 жыл бұрын
But who won the W.S. In ‘68? Detroit Tigers
@brabham74 3 жыл бұрын
@@paulhudson4254 , note: When I saw the Twins vs the Tigers in 1968, it was at Tiger Stadium, and the Tigers won. Denny Mclain was pitching. I am a Tiger fan, but it was great seeing the legends on both teams.
@Jleed989 2 жыл бұрын
I saw him hit a home run in the 1971 all star game in Detroit
@samesame2505 Жыл бұрын
@@paulhudson4254 you asked yourself a question just to answer it.... super odd behavior
@shadowknight9807 2 жыл бұрын
My hero - I loved this man. So soft spoken and a true gentleman. I was a boy when he played and now I'm 66 in 2021.
@raygsbrelcik5578 2 жыл бұрын
Shadow---The, "KILLER" was Bigger than baseball! What an inspration to young boys back then. The Twins----My Team!
@shadowknight9807 2 жыл бұрын
@@raygsbrelcik5578 He will be my everlasting hero - times were so good then and he personified those times!
@raygsbrelcik5578 2 жыл бұрын
@@shadowknight9807 Thanx for your comment. And Yes, there were/are Few like Killebrew. I played "Little League"---Killebrew, along with Mays, Mantle, Clemente, Musial, etc., were my inspirations. I lived for the Summer, just so I could play Baseball.
@shadowknight9807 2 жыл бұрын
@@raygsbrelcik5578 I highly recommend the interview by Bob Costas of Mickey Mantle. I feel for this guy as I'm also an alcoholic (38+ years sober by now).
@raygsbrelcik5578 2 жыл бұрын
@@shadowknight9807 Yes, I saw that one. I felt bad for Mickey...and Glad to hear you're 'Clean.' GOD bless.
@kened1954 3 жыл бұрын
I've never seen anyone swing a bat with every ounce of their body. That ball didn't stand a chance. Harmon and Mickey had the hardest swings in baseball ever.
@steviet5935 2 жыл бұрын
I was privileged to have met Harmon and his buddies over 15yrs ago in Edinburgh Scotland, his buddies where Jack Twyman, James Mccarthur and Neil Armstrong! Absolute Gentleman and Legends within they're own time. God bless them all.
@JeffDaytonMusic Жыл бұрын
I got to see Harmon hit that homer. I was a kid when the Twins came to MN in '61. My grandmother Erna Conroy (of George Conroy's restaurant fame - on Highway 12 by 3M and Sun Ray Plaza) bought two season tickets behind home plate and 3rd base. Six bucks each. I got to see the '65 World Series (two games) and the '65 All Star Game and I still have all the programs. I think I can recite all the players' numbers from those years.
@JD-gb9zk 2 жыл бұрын
What a Legend.
@johnleber3369 4 жыл бұрын
The Killer, who played for Senators before team was moved by jerk Calvin Griffith in 1961, was already a homerun machine at Griffith Stadium .He hit the second longest homer ever at Griffith Staduium that hit back row in left field bleachers.Only Mantles blast, which was the only one ever to clear left field bleachers at Griffith Stadium at 565 ft in July 1953. Harmon was strong as a ox.No steriods for Real sluggers like The Killer and The Mick.
@raygsbrelcik5578 2 жыл бұрын
I HEAR ya,' john. He was "My Man."
@jivepatrol6833 3 жыл бұрын
What a great player and gentleman too! RIP Harmon.
@jamespeck2852 3 жыл бұрын
Harmon Killebrew was one of only 3 players to hit a home run over the left field roof at the old Tiger Stadium. The other players were Frank Howard and Cecil Fielder. Fielder hit his off Dave Stewart. Fielders homer bounced off the roof before going out of the park. Several players cleared the roof in right field.
@Jleed989 2 жыл бұрын
He hit a home run in the 1971 AllStar game in Detroit too
@raygsbrelcik5578 2 жыл бұрын
He was, for me, "The Guy." All through my youth, Killebrew, and the Twins, were my inspiration---My heroes. I ate, drank, and slept, Base- ball! This gets emotional for me...So many Glorious memories.
@mpatmack77 7 жыл бұрын
Sure be nice if there was an actual clip of the home run
@ajellyfish6357 6 жыл бұрын
Ruth, mantle, Foxx and Killebrew all hit balls much further on average than anyone else in history if you look at each players 10 furthest homers.
@Terribleathletes 5 жыл бұрын
It would be nice if there were clips of Harmon Killebrew on KZfaq period. I think it's ridiculous that you can't find any footage of any of Harmon's homers on this site, yet there are about a million of Kirk Gibson's meaningless walk-off in the '88 Series.
@skifusya2814 4 жыл бұрын
@@Terribleathletes I've seen one (1) short tribute video to Harmon on this site, it has a few of his home runs, including number 400 off Gary Peters in Comiskey Park in 1969.
@mpatmack77 4 жыл бұрын
I want to see a video of Harmon hitting a home run over the left field roof at Tiger Stadium
@ADEAL918 4 жыл бұрын
Michael Mack I think you're getting two things mixed up. In the '71 All-Star Game at Tiger Stadium, six future HOF'ers hit home runs, Killebrew's being the one that put the AL ahead for good in that game. But that wasn't that longest in that game, that was Reggie Jackson who did hit one on the roof. (But not clear over the roof--I think the only one to ever do that was Cecil Fielder.)
@paulhudson4254 3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. H.K. You were a good one! ✝️
@oskylauderdale360 3 жыл бұрын
When I was about 12, I saw him hit one of the facing of the upper deck on the far, far centerfield side. It was an absolute rocket. Had it not hit the upper deck facing it would have carried into to parking lot behind centerfield.
@humphreygruntwhistle3946 Жыл бұрын
Harmon hit the facing of the upper deck in deep left center the day after his 520 ft. bomb. He said the ball was hit even harder than his record home run. No arc, just a smoking line drive. Harmon told a story of what might have been the hardest hit ball in his career. It was a road game - I forget where - and the blast ricocheted off the upper deck facade and bounced all the way back to the shortstop. I can’t even imagine.
@garythompson8629 3 ай бұрын
Harmon had unbelievable power!
@stevegoehring1610 2 жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid listening to the Twins on the radio. The Twins we're in Boston, Harmon came up and hit a home run over the green monster. Twins announcer Herb Carnal said, Only one other player has hit a home run over place of the green monster and that was Harmon last night. Will never forget that.
@mikechristiansen1148 5 жыл бұрын
i was at that game. looked to me like the ball was still rising.
@chucke4294 6 ай бұрын
My dad and I went to a Twins game against the then KC Athletics. I do not remember what year it was, but Catfish Hunter had just pitched in the All Star game and did a great job. He was throwing behind the plate during batting practice more or less showing off. Anyway, the pitcher for the A’s was a youngster named Jim Nash if I remember right. He had a pretty good arm with a very good fastball and curveball. Harmon gets up in the 1st inning, and gets a diet of curves and sliders, fouled a few off. He was fooled by a pitch and the sound from the bat was as if he did not get good wood on the ball, yet it was carrying deep in true Killebrew fashion. The ball acted like a pop up, but still had enough juice to carry over the left field fence at 360’. Nash could not believe Harmon muscled that ball out as he thought he had him fooled on the pitch and was shaking his head as Harmon rounded the bases. The next time Harmon comes up, you could see he wanted to show Harmon his fastball, but Harmon was ready…. The crack of the bar told the story as Harmon hit it on the screws, the ball took a majestic flight and was just as high as it was long. The ball seemed to be floating, as only Harmon could hit the ball, and disappeared far into the left center field stands over 400’ from home plate. Needless to say the crowd was in awe, and Jim Nash could only smile as what this man just did to his best pitch………
@richarddenny5340 Жыл бұрын
most tape measure homer distances are somewhat over estimated in distance, they're long for sure but not as long as many say.
@keithj6251 3 жыл бұрын
Why no camera shot from the seat to home plate and vice versa?
@urboboy Жыл бұрын
My dad took us kids to the met to watch the twins. I remember seeing the sign(looked like a painted sheet) that marked his longest HR. Every time Harmon came up to the plate, my dad made sure we were watching. I saw a few of his bombs, my dad was excited we all got to see them.
@multiyapples Жыл бұрын
Impressive.
@DaveLynchJazzGuitar 9 ай бұрын
Awesome !
@1060michaelg 6 жыл бұрын
On Saturday afternoons at one or two o'clock (depending on where the "Game of the Week" was being played) you could always find this 7 year old boy sitting in front of the Sears (COLOR...sort of) set, waiting for the game to begin.I was especially excited if the Twins were playing because that Colossus with what seemed to be a tree stripped of branches in his hands was almost sure to hit a home run that made hash of the laws of science and the ball so clobbered was now forever a satellite around the earth! Such was the passing thoughts of hero worship in '67. And this was in Cincinnati, where all boys during the picking of teams of sandlot ballgames, sometimes would come to blows over who got to be "Pete" or "Perez", or the new "Johnny Bench"...no one gave a damn who got to be Tony Cloninger. Anyways, the top half of the 1st was in and the Twins were coming to bat in their home field...a cavernous old municipal stadium like most at the time (Crosley in Cincy was not one of these...a cozy OLD ball palace that had an upwards slope to left field and was a hitters's ball park. Lee May would regularly hit dingers across the street and knocked a couple of window panes out of the (Still going strong) Heinz Ketchup plant! (We figured the Reds had an agreement with Heinz on advertising or something) Ok, a man walked and Harmon was at the plate...he looked at the first pitch---a ball, high. Harmon must've seen enough because on the next pitch, on off-speed job chest high (Jesus) Harmon uncoiled gracefully and gave us all what they don't give no more--- the ball made a sound that was not of this world as it left the bat (even on TV) and then it began it's VERY high and VERY long trajectory towards left center field...it SEEMED to not care to come down right away and that suited all of us just fine! It landed in a patch of empty seats that were soon set upon by city kids who did friendly but pitched battle for the ball. Who was the announcer? Was it Vin? Anyway, he said, "Heh, heh...and a much deserved souvenir for a lucky fan!" That's how I remember it...
@RIPSGT 3 жыл бұрын
That was a cool story!
@paulcrepeau7488 6 ай бұрын
What pitcher did Killebrew hit that mammoth 520-foot homer off? In all the hype and excitement that little detail was not mentioned. ⚾️
@threatassessment606 2 жыл бұрын
I think the killer would be frowned upon here in 2022
@davissae Жыл бұрын
Built like a tank
@masonmartin6520 5 жыл бұрын
Harmon is my 3rd cousin
@richl1319 5 жыл бұрын
Mason Martin Killebrew was my father
@masonmartin6520 5 жыл бұрын
@@richl1319 we are related to each other
@masonmartin6520 5 жыл бұрын
I found out on ancestry DNA
@masonmartin6520 5 жыл бұрын
And my dad's mom told me
@richl1319 5 жыл бұрын
Mason Martin that’s awesome we share great genes
@stever1791 Жыл бұрын
The Killer was an All Time Great !!!!!
@user-dd3ct4iz5h Ай бұрын
He is my great cousin
@patrickfurlong9169 2 жыл бұрын
27 days is a long time for a bat, especially in the big leagues.
@jamesthompson3947 3 жыл бұрын
Why were the Twins playing the Mets ? Exhibition game ?
@rorykvern3902 3 жыл бұрын
It’s the twins old stadium
@jamesthompson3947 3 жыл бұрын
@@rorykvern3902 I gotcha ! Thanks
@danielsalerno6476 6 жыл бұрын
Dave Kingman hit one 756feet in1977 at Shae stadium !!! That hit me right between the eyes;🤕
@vicepresidentmikepence889 6 жыл бұрын
Daniel Salerno I was at that game. In the mezzanine section behind first base.
@dallasbrubaker6054 6 жыл бұрын
756 feet is a stretch
@timothyward2082 5 жыл бұрын
Bullshit!
@deepsqueakdigger3728 Жыл бұрын
THE KILLER!!!!!!!! "The best way to stop Killebrews thunderous bat is easy - start letting outfielders play up in the bleachers!" ... - announcer during a Killebrew highlight reel! HAHAHAHA!
@dh3279 Жыл бұрын
His reputation as a human being is as big as his baseball reputation. And his is still my favorite baseball SWING ever!
@scottthompson4844 2 жыл бұрын
Babe is king at 575ft
@farpointgamingdirect 3 жыл бұрын
Still the Senators to me...
@oxygenicgirl 2 жыл бұрын
I don't know Clyde, but I would like to know Clyde.
@TimTheViking 2 жыл бұрын
Clyde Deopner is (or was) the curator of all the Twins historical memorabilia. He was a high school history/social studies/driver's ed teacher at Tartan High School in Oakdale, MN back in the 70s and 80s. I had him for US History and Criminology. He was quite the jokester. Everybody wanted to be in his class.
@roncaruso931 24 күн бұрын
Killerbrew, Mantle, Ruth, Richie Allen, Reggue Jackson, and others all had natural power. No weights or drugs like Bonds, McGuire, Sosa, and a whole lot more. Since Barroid Bonda up until now, players are juiced up. Look at them. They are all the same size. Hulking gorillas. When Killerbrew and Mantle were playing, all the players were different sizes.
@ernestpassaro9663 3 жыл бұрын
The killer !
@kennywest831 5 жыл бұрын
I hit a ball 700 feet when I was in high school. There is no video, but I nailed a lawn chair up a tree in the woods in left field so it definitely happened...
@fastfootedone 3 жыл бұрын
if you ain't doing standup, you should be.....god, I can't stop laughing........LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
@masonmartin6520 5 жыл бұрын
Ancestry DNA
@danielsalerno6476 6 жыл бұрын
Aliens are on there way To Earth;
@w.j.christophe8779 7 жыл бұрын
600 ft my ass
@corndog4141 7 жыл бұрын
Its 520 farther than judge
@joeyhenson5166 6 жыл бұрын
Curious that all of these "legendary moments" are never on tape. I have a hard time believing that a chunky 5 foot 10 guy who probably rarely lifted weights while smoking cigarettes and drinking (because that's what they did back then), can hit a ball further than the 6 foot 5 players today that live healthy lifestyles and bench press 350 pounds. Harmon Killebrew does not hit baseballs further than GianCarlo Stanton, or super steroid Mark Mcgwire or Barry Bonds. Sorry, he just doesn't.
@TheJustjim3333 6 жыл бұрын
Joe Henson you were doing well til you got to the MJ comparison..
@joeyhenson5166 6 жыл бұрын
you think with your opinions. that is not thinking at all.
@rollbocke 6 жыл бұрын
Are you saying there is no reality if it's not on video?? That's a level of mental distortion rarely seen even by cults. Is making things up part of your reality? Saying Killebrew was chunky, 5' 10'' (try 6 ft), rarely trained, smoked and drank. Not because you knew that but because you're a propagandized puppy who 'believes' that. That's called narrative writing, fiction, or in more honest terms, lying. Your reality includes 6' 5” healthy lifestyle players who bench press 350 lbs. yet swing maple bats the size little leaguers use while striking out 100 times by the All Star break. Joe DiMaggio played 13 seasons in the majors. In 7 of them he hit more home runs than he struck out. Now that's rare in any period but impossible today when middle infielders whiff over 100 times a year. Hitting, to include power hitting, is more art than science because only through the art can the complexity of the biomechanics be manifest via our neurology. The great hitters in the game's history had a realization of that. And yes, the game has a history. What you haven't noticed, because you behave as if baseball didn't existed before 1980, is the mechanics of the baseball swing from 50-60 yrs ago and earlier is superior to what it has devolved into its present form. As more and more sources upload old films of past players some of the KZfaq cottage industry gurus are picking up on this. The IT age hasn't prevented misinformation from getting regurgitated over and over. So many today are locked into a rigid orthodoxy about hitting. That's not inexplicable since that's virtually all they hear. Nevertheless, it's not a law of nature to be so mindlessly obedient. The great hitters have shown that to be true.
@robertgeddes7736 6 жыл бұрын
Harmon Killebrew was an incredible power hitter.. he was the first player to clear the left field roof at Tiger Stadium which is an incredible feat it was only done four times in the 61 years that the stadium was double decked..
@gregbrougham1423 6 жыл бұрын
My father saw Jimmy Foxx hit one in the upper deck at Yankee Stadium; there were lots of tape measure jobs by Mays, Mathews, Allen, Greeenberg, Williams. Ted Williams said that he saw Foxx on one road trip hit two out of Chomenski Park and one deep center field bleachers in Detroit.
@nobodysbusiness4828 18 күн бұрын
If you were ever at any stadium and Killebrew had an at bat coming in the ninth inning it didn’t matter if the Twins were way ahead or way behind people stayed hoping they would get to see one of those bombs go out. There will never be another player like him with his power , his respect for the game and his kindness for his fans. A legend
@huskyjerk 6 жыл бұрын
Why not show an aerial view of the old stadium and point out where the ball landed to give us perspective of the distance the ball traveled?
@tsnide34 5 жыл бұрын
This might help; and you can peruse other photos for an aerial view of the stadium. www.oldmetstadium.com/Met%20StadiumH23.html
@Mjdecker1234 3 жыл бұрын
@@tsnide34 dead link any update or anything?
@tsnide34 3 жыл бұрын
@@Mjdecker1234 THere are lots of pictures on the site. Some help a little at least. www.oldmetstadium.com/image.cgi?page&F16 also www.oldmetstadium.com/image.cgi?page&Book15
@hife2thekife 4 жыл бұрын
guy says "it would've carried well over 600 feet".... I liked "Killer" Killebrew too, but c'mon 600 feet??!
@duhbigcat1848 3 жыл бұрын
yeah, I'm skeptical also. With modern measuring methods it seems that about 525 feet is the longest.
@tsnide34 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the spot was 435' from home. It wouldn't have carried 165 beyond that no matter how windy it was that day.
@richarddenny5340 Жыл бұрын
over estimating long home runs is common, especially some years ago.
@sixsixxsixxxx 7 жыл бұрын
big man big homerun
@masonmartin6520 5 жыл бұрын
What wow so we are related
@rollbocke 6 жыл бұрын
The point at which a ball is at the highest portion of its trajectory is called the apex. The general approximation is that the horizontal distance a ball travels on its descent will be only 70% of the horizontal distance it traveled on its ascent. EG: A batted (or thrown) ball travels 200 horizontal feet when reaching its apex. It will travel an additional 200 x .7 = 140 feet for a total of 340 feet from where it started. About 59% of a ball's total horizontal distance comes when it's climbing and about 41% of its total horizontal distance comes when it's falling. The commentator conflated the total distance with the horizontal distance of the ascent when trying to give the ball's 'true' distance. It's kind of funny since he starts by saying the 520 ft were measured from where it was hit to where it landed. Bingo. That's the 'true' distance. But then he goes into his confused part, claiming how it 'would' have gone further. Chagrin, chagrin. We all know it well.
@tsnide34 6 жыл бұрын
I think the commentator is simply incorrect in saying it was measured at 520 ft. All home run distances (for shots that landed in the bleachers) were estimates, not actual distances. So how far it "would have" traveled was already part of the measurement (to their best ability at the time).
@johnstark4723 5 жыл бұрын
Actually it hit something which change the flight. Had it not hit anything it would have been around 600'.
@tsnide34 5 жыл бұрын
@@johnstark4723 No, it landed in the upper deck, and the 520' was not literal distance form home plate, but rather an estimate. www.oldmetstadium.com/Met%20StadiumH23.html
@tsnide34 2 жыл бұрын
Update: Researching this, I found that the actual measurement was 435 feet. Tom Mee knew the distance of every location in the old Met. The estimate of 520 doesn't sound as crazy when you factor in that it was a very windy day, up to 30 mph straight out to left. That would mean a much different trajectory, and flatter descent of the ball flight than normally calculated. As high as that landed in the upper deck (about the 8th row), it's entirely reasonable to put it at at least 500' if not the full 520.
@danielsalerno6476 6 жыл бұрын
I hit one further!!!! Just ask my mom
@brandonleejudy 6 жыл бұрын
The young so called professional players would do well to learn how to bat watching and or learning from the real professionals of old. Stand square in the box swing level and just do the basics instead we are getting all show which is really not fun to watch. The old timers were the real professionals not now, not even
@americand0lphin 4 жыл бұрын
Shut up and delete
@DavidGee51 6 жыл бұрын
So of course there's no footage and all we have is hyperbole testimony from dagnabbitted old-timers. We've learned from watching today's players who are stronger and generate more bat speed that nobody hits the ball 520 feet. Not Aaron Judge, not Giancarlo Stanton, not Mickey Mantle, not Babe Ruth, and not Harmon Killebrew. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the home run in question here even went 470 feet.
@aaronengel306 6 жыл бұрын
David Gee w
@TheJustjim3333 6 жыл бұрын
David Gee you're an idiot
@joeyhenson5166 6 жыл бұрын
thank you. literally just said this. Killebrew was a great player, but he was a smoker, a drinker, he probably rarely lifted weights and he didn't have a finely tuned swing like todays players. Not to mention human beings in general are just larger and stronger than we were 60 years ago. These are just "tall tales" that grow through exaggeration over the years. That's why LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan. Jordan was turned into a mythical being by people who hold on desperately to the past.
@slumpyb 6 жыл бұрын
Killebrew didn't smoke or drink, he was a Mormon. No baseball players lifted back then, they were told not to. You don't think that's a finely tuned swing? He was hitting homeruns during the pitcher friendly 1960's as well.
@tsnide34 6 жыл бұрын
David, you're not factoring in the wind. It often blew out to left at Met Stadium. 520 is probably an accurate estimation, which if wind-aided, would be more like 470 probably.
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