Why Nobody Believes The Greatest Myth In Baseball History 

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Fenway is actually in quite a few video games other than fallout. You got MLB The Show 21, MLB The Show 22, MLB The Show 23, and MLB The Show 24 just to name a few

0:15 You didn’t have to do the White Sox like that 💀

An article on the MLB app that other day basically proved it to be possible. When the hit occurred the stadium had a far lower structure meaning the accessibility to wind would happen a lot earlier today. News reports the next day reported damaging high winds that blew in the right direction to be behind the batter. Stratcast calculated that the hit on the day = totally achievable.

RE: the strength of old ball players, I hear that argument a lot, but bear in mind there is footage of Williams et al. clearing the 420 ft center field wall. Those old guys had strength in their own way. They won WWII after all.

"Players weren't as strong as today..." Yet, for some reason, the fences keep being moved in over the last 40 years.

It’s more likely than Mickey Mantle’s 565’ home run. That’s more absurd than Williams hitting it 500’

Ohtani just had a 118.7 mph homerun that went 450 feet. I can believe Williams hit a 119 mph homerun that went 500 feet. Williams was one of the greatest hitters could of done it.

If Altuve could hit a 449ft home run at 5'6" 165 Lbs, Ted Williams could hit a 502ft HR at 6'3" & 205Lbs

My guess is that Williams did hit a ball near the area, but it was probably put farther back than it actually was hit for publicity.

The greatest myth is that the owners want to speed up the game for the fans when they only want more commercial time.

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This seat is actually well within some of the longest homers ever hit. Not really that hard to believe. It might be harder to reach since they put the big press box etc behind home plate and home runs are down, but don’t forget you’re talking about perhaps the greatest hitter the game has seen.

It's an absolute fallacy to think men weren't as strong back then. They were probably stronger. They had higher levels of testosterone and did more physical work

502 ft isn't a totally outrageous distance. CJ Cron, Miguel Sano, Stanton, Ken Griffey have all hit balls that far before. I mean it's crazy far but not unbelievable for a legend at all.

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Ted Williams was better than David Ortiz. Maybe that’s why he could hit it farther than him.

Olympic Stadium in Montreal had a seat painted Pirates gold to commemorate a 535 foot moon shot Pittsburgh legend Willie Stargell hit their in 1978. Classy tribute to a classy man.

The Yankee Doodle mascot is the best piece of baseball history

That ball went farther than my dad did when he said he was going out for cigarettes when I was 5…. ☠️☠️☠️

Adam Dunn once called a shot in 2003. He pointed foul right field upper deck. The very next pitch he fouled it to that exact spot, then struck out on the next pitch. He was a Legend.

“The science doesn’t back it up” after just explaining how a physicist proved its possible just unprovable.

Great topic. Growing up on the west coast (as a Padres fan), but as a lifelong baseball fan, it’s been ages since I’d heard about this “myth”. More please.

“A lack of evidence” despite a primary source who touched the ball. A “cartoonish” story despite photographic evidence that the ball knocked a hole in his hat. Your standard for evidence invalidates basically any historical record predating the internet.

My grandfather met the pitcher that gave up that home run and he said that Babe was pointing at something in the outfield.

If video footage is your baseline, then… Lincoln never got shot, Washington never crossed the Delaware, Brutus never stabbed Julius, “Let there be light!”, etc, etc etc. get my point?

Can we get a video on Salvy Perez? He’s having another all star caliber and silver slugger year in KC. He really should be a bigger sports celebrity.

You should do a video about the shortest player ever to play MLB?? 3' 7" ....Mr. Eddie Gaedel 😂 That'll make an interesting video!

The most unbelievable thing in that story is that that guy in the newspaper was 56 years old. He was not a day younger than 75.

I had a feeling this would be the video. Glad it was. Next, another Ozuna video. It’s been almost a week since the last one. You can even mention Travis Day Areee No

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You claimed scientists looked at that day and saw 19 MPH winds along with the proper angle and exit velocity, it could happen. I don’t know why it’s hard to imagine. I love Big Papi but a scientist he’s not to take him at his word. If today’s hitters are “so much better”, then why has it been 83 years since someone batted over .400? Give the old dudes some credit! Joey Meyer in 1987 in AAA hit a 582 foot homer. It’s on video. And you listed Mo Vaughn who did hit one 505’ in Shea Stadium in 2002. And David Kingman hit a 530’ at Wrigley in 1976. How come Mark Grace, Ernie Banks, Sammy Sosa, Ryan Sandberg, or Andre Dawson never hit one that far in Wrigley? I totally believe that Williams could do it under the right conditions.

Italk, you should make a video on your division and postseason predictions

“The Marine Corpse”?! C’mon, brother.

I once sat in the upper deck at the old Shea Stadium for a Mets game, I got up to get a hot dog, or for whatever reason, I wasn't sitting in the seat, when I came back my dad and brother in law told me a ball was hit to them and bounced off the seat I just vacated. I think later on the player who hit the ball wanted the seat painted, but didn't know which seat it actually was, the player said "just paint any seat up there, what's the difference."

The younger generations don't believe anything they haven't personally seen or experienced or can Google. And I think the Bambino hit one even longer than Ted's.

You must know that “buffed” or being Big itself does not translate to how far someone can hit the ball, presuming one is a ballplayer who can hit of course. Ted’s, Swing and technique can be studied and studied and still is , it is a marvel to watch. You will notice a big difference in the way his swing goes through the zone and most modern players. I am not saying he hit it that far, no one can say definitively if it did but there must be some reason why the press claimed it went that far..they did not even have a good relationship with Williams! Maybe it just got in the wind?

As a fan who likes to go to as many stadiums as possible, I visited Fenway in 2017 when I was in my late 50s. I walked around the park as I usually do. I didn't know if it was true but it was awesome to look at. I laughed and doubted but, at the same time kept respect for childhood dreams, at bowed to the marker of history. It didn't hurt that I had, as SO. CA native visited Ted's Little League playground in San Diego and worshiped Ted in San Dioego's Little Italy. I saw "Papi" hit a home run and I have only seen the same reaction at bat with Reggie Jackson and Ohtanie. Worth it to be a t Fenway no matter what. So what if Ted's HR is not real? I love Ortiz and Fenway.

Yep, rumors, they do grow! When I was a kid in grade school there were rumors that Babe Ruth once hit a home run that went half way into New York City and that his bat was 52 inches long.😂

Harder to believe is that it was 17 degrees in June.

I had part season tickets in section 42, row 32, for close to 20 years. The farthest up I ever saw a ball hit was row 21 by Trot Nixon. That was a one time only event. It's very rare for any ball to hit past row 10 or so.

One variable that wasn't mentioned was the structure behind home plate was very different. The structure behind home plate affects or restricts airflow which would carry the ball less if the wind behind home plate was pushing towards right field. And Ted Williams is often mentioned as the best hitter for power and average who ever lived. Thanks for making the video and teaching the younger generations about this.

Three weeks ago I took my two grandsons ages 10 and 8 to Fenway. We sat in section 41. Got there early and went right to the red seat and took their picture sitting in the adjacent seats. Told them the story. They are 5th generation Red Sox /Fenway fans. I first went with my grandfather in 1958 at age 6. Still a fan and go frequently. My grandfather was there opening weekend 1912 and at the 1918 World Series.

Top 5 longest HR’s in history: 1.) Josh Gibson 580 Ft. Yankee Stadium 2.) Babe Ruth 575 ft. Nevin Field 3.) Mickey Mantle 565 ft. Griffith Stadium 4.) Reggie Jackson 539 ft. Tiger Stadium 5.) Willie Stargell 535 ft. Olympic Stadium Why is it so hard to believe that the greatest hitter of all time hit a HR over 530 feet? This is just a dumb argument.

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I believe it once in a lifetime events are hard to believe because its so rare

He did it bro. Were talkin Teddy ballgame here.

Personally I’ll take Wrigley Field over Fenway Park but I’d take either over any of the modern parks. But the ivy, being smack dab in the middle of a neighborhood, and with the renovation that the Rocket’s family did to even save ALL of the original Ivy, built a top of the line clubhouse underground so they could have state of the art training area, batting cages, move the outside warm up areas for closers where they always had to have someone standing behind the pitcher warming up during the game so he wouldn’t get clocked by a line drive, and to be in the batters box that still has the same home plate that Ruth supposedly was standing over when he made the “called shot,” it’s just incredible that wealthy fans bought this team and put their money where their mouth was and saved Wrigley Field which is also a National Landmark is just special in and of itself. My two favorite parks and I’d love to play Boston in the World Series. Two great parks in reality. Two storied franchises too. I suppose I’m just a homer to the bone. I’m not a White Sox fan but I was when we got Carlton Fisk from Boston who lived no more than a 1 1/2 miles from our home and I passed by it nearly everyday. It was set far back of the road and it was just so cool. (But I’m back to not liking the White Sox) But that park is in a DANGEROUS AREA AND I MEAN DANGEROUS!

Now this video was creative thinking!! How far did Barry Bonds ever hit one at Fenway? It's crazy to think 502 ft is too far for any MLB player to hit considering the fact I remember hearing about Mike Stanton hitting one over 502 ft before. I think it was 514 ft...🤔 Hell, I don't know! It's just crazy to believe 502 ft hasn't reached or exceeded. Especially, throughout the entire juicy juice 💪 era!

I remember learning about this while on a tour of Fenway

5:57 this is a really valid point, but its also Ted Williams. Maybe the greatest hitter of all time. It's hard to believe, but it's also hard to doubt Ted Williams

Yooo that joke about your dad hahaha

The temperature that day was 78 for a high 56 for a low,not 17 degrees,I don't know if that 17 is Celsius but even if it is I have to correct.

Fallout 4 is getting its next gen update release in a few hours so this video has some pretty coincidental timing. You can paint the Green Monster blue if you want to screw up a sidequest objective

I remember reading this really old/outdated baseball history book in my elementary school library (in the early-mid 2000's) That claimed Cy Young had "the fastest fastball ever seen." I have trouble believing that, just like I have trouble believing Ted Williams hit this home run. And I'm a Red Sox fan, who's lived in MA my entire life.

You forgot about the fact that he would’ve had to “pull” the ball 502’. Physics tells us that your furthest distance will come when the ball is hit directly toward centerfield (hence the fences are deeper in center then in left and right fields). This further disproves the 502’ HR.

Williams did not see combat as an AAF pilot in WWII so he as a state side trainer he didn't "come back" from the war. Ted did dee action as a pilot in Korea.

Very well done nice job

I wonder if there's radio commentary from the game in the vault somewhere concealing the answer to the immortal question.

What about the material the ball was made of that Ted hit? Maybe it was idk More bouncy ?

Home runs have been hit further ,so I think Williams did hit 502 .

I went 10 years ago when I was 18.. sat in right field and didn't know about the seat til like 4 years later 😢

Didn't know Fenway was in fallout 4, but i just started playing the fallout games so now i'm excited

They can dispute whatever they want about Ted’s home run, but they can’t dispute about his 406 batting average. No one ever finished the season hitting 400 in 83 years. Mr.Padres came close but no cigar.

Great video

I’m just throwing this out there but a highschooler hit a 500ft homer his name was Bryce Harper and I mean I could see the best hitter baseball has ever had in TW smashing one close to 502ft but it’s still one hell of a stretch.

I think the biggest myth in baseball history is the 2004 alcs ( I’m a Yankees fan )

Another myth that you could talk about is Babe Ruth’s 700ft home run

Ted Williams hit 521 homers. Fenway still exists, and most of the other parks he hit in would have had larger dimensions than current parks. I don’t doubt he could hit a 500 ft homer. 530? Probably not

There are a few players that I'd want to watch supercuts of their at bats for and Ted Williams is one of them.

Ref Ortiz and the aluminum bat. If you don't hit the ball at THAT PRECISE angle, it won't carry as far.

Nobody tell Corbin from RedSeatRadio!

Your dad comment was hilarious

its actually false people are stronger today. Just look at the 1940s military fitness tests, even people who hit the gym and are in top 2% fitness cant pass the bar for the average person back then. They worked hard physical work their entire lives, we sit inside tapping away at computers. Most of the excess in performance we see from athletes over time isn't strength or anything like that, just better equipment. Jessie Owns ran the 100m dash in 10 seconds in crappy shoes on a cinder track with no starting blocks.

Corruption by gambling interests was rampant in baseball; it wasn't just the 1919 World Series that gangster Arthur Rothstein allegedly fixed. In the wake of the collapse of the Federal League, wherein major league player salaries had been bid up by the competing leagues, there was a temporary glut of experienced players whom the owners, who were typically quite miserly, paid little. Generally, the owners refused to at least prorate the salaries of their players when they won the pennant and got to play in the World Series; hence why the players had to resort to strike threats in order to get paid SOMETHING for their trouble. This certainly wasn't "greed", in a lot of instances, players had "regular jobs" that they were expected to go back to, or family businesses, especially farms, and the World Series does happen during HARVEST. There's no strong evidence of any fixing of the 1918 World Series between the Red Sox and the Cubs, the last one that Babe Ruth appeared in as a Red Sox, simply an offhand remark a few years later by accused "Black Sox" participant Ed Cicotte.

If far from impossible even if you consider the weather, lower velo, less strong players etc. But not very likely for sure. The physics will absolutely allow for it to heppen as it did. So i do believe it most lieky happened as they say.

Someone has better bring some stat cast equipment so they can measure it if anyone does make a time machine

“Yeah the ball put a hole in my head, trust me bro”

i believe it, a long home run on a windy day in an old part

He flushed the temp. Of that day. "17"

Anyone who believes a ball has traveled farther than 510 feet isn't thinking rationally.

I believed it. Until my dude Ortiz said he couldn’t. Still love the game, the Bosox, Big Papi,Williams, Fenway and the red seat tho

I believe the distance. Ted Williams had that war time testosterone flowing, plus all the physical training and lightning quick do or die eye hand coordination. Pitcher said he was trying. Probably threw a good one which is why he has so pissed. Plus wind?

Don't forget that Ted Williams is the greatest hitter in MLB History.

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A little known fact: The Boston Red Sox has a challenge, any player that hit's a homerun ball to that exact seat will have a donation of $502 K in his name to a charity or organization of his choice 👍

I cannot believe in a myth, if I never heard one.

The wind played much more of a factor in the Ted Williams' day than it did in David Ortiz's day. Back then the stands behind home plate were way lower- there wasn't that giant ugly green press box thing up there. Any wind from the southwest could have easily carried the ball a significant distance further. Also the "cartoonish" nature of the story isn't a good enough reason to dismiss it. Sometimes weird things happen. The guy was sitting in that spot and he was hit on the head by a baseball that cut a hole in his hat. It was in the newspaper the next day. Why would anyone just make up a story like that from a random game in the middle of the 1946 season? Isn't it more likely that one of the greatest hitters in baseball history hit a ball that got pushed by a freakishly strong wind?

If the yankees can have babe calling his shot, we can have ted's mammoth shot.

Just defrost Teddy and ask him! Well, ask his head at least...

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IT HAPPENED!!! although rumors are the seat has been moved back...

By your logic nothing in human history really happened before cameras existed

A fan just got hit in the head on a homerun this week.

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it happened, longest homerun I ever seen and Ted could have ripped your arms out and hit a homerun with each of them.

Williams was just jacked from his Marine Corps PT.

06:00 Explain Jim Thorpe then, oh all knowing wonder wizard.

There's a myth in your analysis itself. It has been proven that pitch velocity has virtually no effect whatsoever on how far a batted ball goes. Far, far, far more important is bat speed.

Thought it was the location where is frozen head is 😅