I will never forget that Home run as long a s I live !!! Off Al Downing who also gave up 715 to hank Aron. But that shot that Stargell hit out of Dodger Stadium in right field CLEARED the right field Pavilion by 50 feet and landed in the Parking lot. I was in 7th grade and witnessed the shot.
Hard to imagine that Stargell's moonshot in 1969 is STILL the longest HR in Dodger Stadium history: 506 feet, 6 inches. It's been 53 seasons since Stargell's moonshot and no one has come remotely close since! Even McGwire's shot is still nearly 20 feet shorter than Stargell's!
It's a shame that there's no clips of Stargells. As that was the ONLY one that was TRULY knocked out of the park!!! Though Mac's was about as close as you could get!!! Lol!!! Clipped the edge. But, just imagine, Stargells went nearly 24' further!!!! They'd still be showing that homerun on greatest home runs of all time! Period.
I was there the first time h hit it out and you're right, it went out into the parking lot without hitting no roof or nothing. I saw IT !!!!Right Field !!
Can you imagine someone like him during the Steroid Era? Big mac,bonds,Jr., they would've all looked like Ozzie Smith hitting the ball out!!! Lol. But, instead, he was in another drug fueled Era, that I don't think helped with your hitting! I still salute you Pops!
Apropos Fernando Tatis Jr. tags one completely out of the same stadium where his father hit 2 grand slams in one inning(one of which damn near got hit completely out of the stadium itself)...
