In an exhibition game at the University of Southern California, Mickey Mantle propels a home run estimated at 654 to 660 feet.
On March 26, 1951 — In an exhibition game at the University of Southern California, Mickey Mantle propels a home run estimated at 654 to 660 feet. The shot clears Bovard Field and then goes the width of a practice football field before landing. Mantle has two homers, a bases-loaded triple, and drives in seven runs as the Yankees flunk the Trojans, 15 – 1.
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