484 Feet
Source: Shut Down Inning - Jun 4, 2012 at 1:23 AM
Image found at sports.yahoo.com By Peter Ellwood
Nelson Cruz hit his 8th home run of the season on Sunday afternoon in a Rangers win over the Angels. That might be underselling things a little. Nelson Cruz massacred a baseball thrown by Bobby Cassevah for his 8th home run of the season, to push across the Rangers 4th and 5th runs that would end up being the deciding runs in a 7-3 victory. There, that’s a little better. In animated .gif form, that home run swing looked like this:
Everyone in this .gif, despite being professionals, can't help but watch this home run. Cruz pimps the home run like he usually does, the umpire can't get his mask off fast enough to watch it, the catcher drops
Nelson Cruz hit his 8th home run of the season on Sunday afternoon in a Rangers win over the Angels. That might be underselling things a little. Nelson Cruz massacred a baseball thrown by Bobby Cassevah for his 8th home run of the season, to push across the Rangers 4th and 5th runs that would end up being the deciding runs in a 7-3 victory. There, that’s a little better. In animated .gif form, that home run swing looked like this:
Everyone in this .gif, despite being professionals, can't help but watch this home run. Cruz pimps the home run like he usually does, the umpire can't get his mask off fast enough to watch it, the catcher drops
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