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<b>"Glenallen Hill, Wrigley Field, May 11, 2000"</b>

On May 11, 2000, Glenallen Hill hit a home run out of Wrigley Field, across Waveland Ave. and onto the roof of a building across the street. Estimated at the time at over 500 feet, Hit Tracker has been used to determine "how far it really went." Using video from the home run and atmospheric data from Weather Underground (66 degrees, 18mph out to left field), the trajectory has been reconstructed. Hill's bomb left the bat at 116.7mph at an angle of 33.9 degrees above vertical (an excellent angle for a ball struck with a strong following wind), and if unobstructed, would have flown an amazing 500 feet even!

 

http://www.hittrackeronline.com/historic.php?id=2000_1

 

 

Hill laughed at the estimated distance of 490 feet. "Try 700 feet," he said. "Seriously."