Will we ever again see the likes of these true-blue Power Hitters ?

[RTK]

Originally Posted by Section103

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Yes, the Glenallen Hill home run came to mind. I saw one at Miller Park in Milwaukee from of all people, CC Sabathia, that was a monster shot. I recall Dave Kingman belting a few at Wrigley that landed down the street outside the park. If I remember correctly his homeruns tended to be as high as they were far.

[novakjr]

I know Maddux and Glavine could sure kill a ball...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ltD21rYWVw

[KCRfan1]

David, I think you may have hit the nail on the head. Pitching is so much better, and specialized now, than it was decades ago. Sure the greats would be great in any decade, but Cobb would never have the batting average now ( if he were playing ) than he did when he did play. I don't believe we will see the likes of Ruth, Lou G, Greenberg, Hack Wilson, Ott, Kiner, Ted Klu., Mantle again. The numbers, the moon shots, presently the only player that comes to mind is Stanton in terms of moon shot home runs.

[ctownboy]

To answer the quetion, "will we see guys who hit moonshots again?", I think part of the answer would have to come from who the guys in the past were hitting moonshots off of.

Was it a starting pitcher early in the game or was it later when he was tiring? Was it a pitcher throwing really hard fast balls or was it on a breaking pitch that hung?

I don't see a lot of MLB pitchers today who throw big breaking curve balls. Ones that if hung would sit there as if placed on a tee. I see more guys throwing sliders and cut fast balls.

I also see starting pitchers getting taken out of games in the sixth inning, way before they are too tired to lose velocity and keep leaving their pitches up in the zone.

I also see more guys coming in from the bull pen who throw 95+ MPH. Tough to square those pitches up and pull them.

As far as moonshots go, Adam Dunn and Wily Mo Pena, I think, both pulled balls that went over the right field seats and out of Great American Ball Park. Dunn's shot hit the concrete outside and bounced into the Ohio River.

Even though he was a horrible ball player, after Dunn did that, his fans gave THAT as a reason for keeping him on the team and paying him so much....

David

[packs]

I was at a playoff game between the Yankees and Indians where Manny hit one half way up the upper deck in left field at Yankee Stadium. I'd never seen anyone do it before or since.

[tedzan]

Washington's Griffith Stadium....April 17, 1953....21-year old Mickey blasts the ball out of the park over the centerfield wall....565 ft away.

I was 14 years old when I saw this tremendous HR on TV.





TED Z

[ullmandds]

nice Ted...I used to cherish that card which I used to own! my dad "claims" to have been at that game...but he couldn't furnish the ticket stub to prove it!!!