Yahoo Sports' Launch Pad - Tommy Pham sends one 486 feet!
Yahoo Sports recaps the three deepest and most impressive home runs from the week of August 16th utilizing statcast data.
Video Transcript
[MUSIC PLAYING]
- Swing and a drive, 97 miles an hour, this one way deep into the night and gone. Oh, he crushed.
- Oh, get the tape.
- His 22nd. 22.
- He got a piece of cheese, and he absolutely demolishes this ball.
- That makes it a 5-2 game. Take a ride, a little solo piece.
- There's a high drive, right-center field and deep and long gone. My goodness-- reaches halfway up into the upper deck in almost straightaway center field.
- I have never seen a ball hit up there. And from a right-handed hitter, I mean, that is absolutely incredible. How about 113 miles an hour off the bat? I think that was [? good. ?] The frustration of the last few days all built up into one swing. He unloaded on that thing right there.
[CRACK OF BAT]
- Pham drives one to deep left field. That ball is very gone. Oh, my goodness. It's out onto the concourse, up and over the pavilion in left.
486 on the home run from Tommy Pham. It's Phamtastic!
- This one's going up to the concession stand.
- Uh, I want some Rocky mountain oysters and baseball, please. Thank you.
