HBT: Stanton hits grand slam, breaks scoreboard

I mentioned this in the recaps, but this is worth its own post: Giancarlo Stanton?s homer off Jamie Moyer last night was something to behold. ?For a couple of reasons.

First, it was a freaking shotgun blast. It left the bat at 122.4 miles per hour according to ESPN?s home run stats thingy. That?s the fastest since they began keeping track six years ago.

Second, it knocked out some lights on the scoreboard, as you can see in the pic to the right. Yes, it?s an LED thing and not old school light bulbs so it?s not exactly the same thing ? it?ll probably be fixed with a simple reboot or something ? but it?s still pretty impressive.

The official distance was 438 feet, but that?s just because it was stopped by an immovable object. One wonders what kind of distance the ball ? which was still rising according to those who watched it ? would have made had it been hit in a park with an open left field.

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