Rick Monday. Kansas City’s 21-year-old rookie standout, was struck in the face by a pitch in the first inning

Rick Monday. Kansas City’s 21-year-old rookie standout, was struck in the face by a pitch in the first inning

ByTom

June 3, 1967, Rick Monday. Kansas City’s 21-year-old rookie standout, was struck in the face by a pitch in the first inning by Gary Peters of the White Sox and was carried off the field bleeding from inside the mouth. X-rays revealed no fractures, and he is expected to be ready to return to action…

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Harmon Killebrew 503 foot homerun the longest home run ever hit in Metropolitan Stadium

ByThis Day in Baseball

Harmon Killebrew launches the longest home run ever hit in Metropolitan Stadium, a 503-foot shot which travels deep in the second deck of the left-center field bleachers. The stadium chair the ball hit by the Twins’ outfielder is mounted high on a wall overlooking the flume ride at Nickelodeon Universe in the Mall of America, the former site of the Met, in the precise spot the ball landed in the upper deck in deep left-center field.