Kinsman had THE greatest power in major league history. NO ONE hit them as far. He hit off the second deck in San Diego and the ball was absolutely still on a riding trajectory. It sounded unlike any home run ball I've ever heard, and I've seen A LOT of home runs. This was literally like a shot out of a cannon. I have no doubt it would've gone over 600 feet.
We had cable tv so we had WGN and I would watch the games when I got home from school in 1978-1979. I saw King hit a ball so hard, low towards the shortstop, and before the shortstop could move his glove down to catch it the ball went by. It was like one foot to the left of the shortstop.
There is NO WAY that ball Kingman blast only traveled 533 ft… I was renting part of a house on Waveland Ave at that time and that ball actually landed at the front of the 4th house not the 3rd… By my estimate and this is pretty accurate because my friend and I measured it out… That ball actually traveled no less that 585 ft I believe it's the longest ball ever hit. In a true story Cat Fish Hunter was pitching to Kingman in a preseason game and he swore up and down a ball Kingman hit off him was the longest he ever saw at 600 ft!
There should be two categories of homeruns. 1. Natural homeruns and 2. Doped up homeruns. Barry Bonds would be in the doped up catergory and Kingman in the natural category. Case closed.
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Kinsman had THE greatest power in major league history. NO ONE hit them as far. He hit off the second deck in San Diego and the ball was absolutely still on a riding trajectory. It sounded unlike any home run ball I've ever heard, and I've seen A LOT of home runs. This was literally like a shot out of a cannon. I have no doubt it would've gone over 600 feet.
1:10 How is that a strike?
Rose getting flipped off by fans as enters dugout.
This was a great time for baseball. This is even before anyone signed a contract for a million dollars a year.
Nice transition into the homerun
No doubt the longest HR in history of which there is video proof. I measured it on Google Earth once at 537 feet.
You could make a video on that strike one call on the hitter after kingman.
There’s nothing like summertime baseball in Chicago ….
that kid who lives across from rigley field watches the games from his porch AND gets kingmans legendary homerun ball i could not be more jealous
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Apparently, even the ump was in such awe, he couldn't call balls and strikes correctly to Ontiveros.
Glen Alan Hills was much more impressive.
The 23.22 comeback game. I remember that one well watched it on WGN!
Wacko and thiers the kid running down from the porch…. best baseball field in the world
We had cable tv so we had WGN and I would watch the games when I got home from school in 1978-1979. I saw King hit a ball so hard, low towards the shortstop, and before the shortstop could move his glove down to catch it the ball went by. It was like one foot to the left of the shortstop.
Kong🎉🎉🎉🎉 saw it
As a Met, Kingman hit one in Wrigley on April 14, 1976 that went further than this. Apparently hitting the roof. Estimated from 530-560 feet.
There is NO WAY that ball Kingman blast only traveled 533 ft…
I was renting part of a house on Waveland Ave
at that time and that ball actually landed at the front of the 4th house not the 3rd…
By my estimate and this is pretty accurate because my friend and I measured it out…
That ball actually traveled no less that 585 ft
I believe it's the longest ball ever hit.
In a true story Cat Fish Hunter was pitching to Kingman in a preseason game and he swore up and down a ball Kingman hit off him was the longest he ever saw at 600 ft!
1:00 Young Mike Krukow goes and congratulates King Kong
There should be two categories of homeruns. 1. Natural homeruns and 2. Doped up homeruns. Barry Bonds would
be in the doped up catergory and Kingman in the natural category. Case closed.