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Mike Morse Hits The Longest HR In Nats Park History (VIDEO)
By Jamie Mottram | July 21, 2012
Lost amidst Davey Johnson’s “worst game ever” was Mike Morse’s three-run homer, a 465-foot blast that just about landed in the Red Porch. It was the longest HR the Nats have hit this season, and the longest HR in Nats Park history, by 24 feet. Beast.
Topics: Mike Morse, Nationals | 3 Comments »
July 21st, 2012 at 7:13 PM
What was the previous longest?
I saw Ryan Howard hit one roughly 15ft short of the bar in right center a couple years ago. That ball was crushed.
July 21st, 2012 at 8:36 PM
Dunn had one that was 458, I believe, according to ESPN’s Home Run Tracker, which had one for Howard in the 440s.
July 23rd, 2012 at 3:06 PM
They are now calling the homerun hit by Michael Morse on Friday 7/20/12 the longest in Nationals Park history, ~465 feet. Of course the park has only been open since the 2008 season, but still!
The video doesn’t do it justice. It left the park on rope, in a hurry. I was watching from the upper left field stands and had a clear view. It was one of those blasts you knew was a homer before it barely left the infield and I jumped up and screamed “WOW” as it cleared the fence. I watched the video reply at the park a couple times and thought it fell just a few feet shy of the restaurant windows beyond the left-centerfield bleachers, but one media report said it actually hit the windows?
Morse = Beast.