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Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - kbwsb - 10-30-2009 Has anybody ever hit the scoreboard? (Clemente?) I recall the Glenallen Hill blast, some of Sosa's that went rolling down the street, and some recent Adam Dunn shots to right field. We haven't had a lot of tape-measure guys. Did Dave Kingman ever hit any memorable ones? Does anybody know the answer to this? Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - Coach - 10-30-2009 Here is Hill's, again <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tMZpTQmA-I8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tMZpTQmA-I8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - ruby23 - 10-30-2009 I thought there was a Dave Parker HR off the scoreboard? Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - Butcher - 10-30-2009 <!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Included among the other great exaggerations in the history of tape measure home runs are Dave Nicholson's Comiskey Park rooftopper on May 6, 1964, and Dave Kingman's Wrigley Field blast on April 14, 1976. In the case of Nicholson, who was a powerful man, as was Kingman, the figure of 573 feet was provided by "White Sox mathematicians." These unidentified individuals based their calculations on the assumption that the ball traveled completely over the left-center-field roof. however, subsequent investigation indicated that the ball landed on the back of the roof before bouncing into the night. When Kingman launched his wind-aided blow in Chicago, The New York Times somehow concluded that it had flown 630 feet. It has been confirmed that the ball struck against the third house beyond Waveland Avenue, which is situated about 530 feet from home plate. Yet again, we have an example of a genuinely epic home run that has been grievously overstated.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> Article Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - Kid - 10-30-2009 Nobody has ever hit the scoreboard with a baseball. Sam Snead hit it with a golf ball teed off from home plate.. Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - veryzer - 10-30-2009 no one has ever hit the scoreboard, but i understand that clementes technically went to the left of the scoreboard, but higher than. kingman's went down kenmore avenue. sosa hit the camera box below the scoreboard during the playoffs. that's the furthest i ever saw to center field. Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - Coach - 10-30-2009 I think that Hill's homer on the rooftop was given a relatively low distance for a homer that seemed to be hit much further. Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - jstraw - 10-30-2009 I'm confused. Isn't that Hill homer a good deal farther than the scoreboard? Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - jstraw - 10-30-2009 Guess not: I made a little protractor. Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - BT - 11-02-2009 I saw Darryl Strawberry crush one to CF, but I think Sosa's might have gone a bit further. Longest homer ever at Wrigley? - bz - 11-02-2009 Kingman supposedly hit the front porch of that house with the black roof on Kenmore. There's a spray paint circle with the date where Sosa's hit in front of that house.