The other day Giancarlo Stanton hit a baseball out of Dodger Stadium, crushing the ball an estimated 475 feet. It's not quite a quarter-mile, but it's a lot further than you'll ever see me hit a baseball. About the only person you'll find who can compete with Stanton's prodigious feats of strength is Napoleon Dynamite's Uncle Rico circa 1982, who will tell you that back then he could throw the pigskin a quarter-mile, or about the length of 4-1/2 football fields.
I picked up a couple more Members only parallel cards from 2014 Stadium Club, with one of those being Stanton's card. The photo is a close-up of him at the plate, getting ready to launch another ball into orbit.
The other Members Only card I picked up features a nice photo of Shin-Soo Choo at the plate. He suffered through the Rangers' dismal season last year, and started this year off a little slow before picking it up and swinging a pretty hot bat the last few weeks. Over the last 14 days he's gone 21 / 60 with 8 runs, 4 home runs, and 8 runs batted in. That's good for the 35th-best numbers over that time span in the world of fantasy baseball.
The brave souls who dare to catch Stanton's HRs barehanded deserve a medal.
ReplyDeleteHe definitely puts some zip on it. I think I'd just wait and try to catch it on the bounce.
DeleteHow many Members Only's do you have now?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure exactly. Between 15 and 20 is my best guess.
DeleteThat's just ridiculous. It left the park in like half a second. Wow.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Stanton has got some pretty serious power.
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