BAltimore Orioles’ first baseman Boog Powell becomes the first Oriole player to homer over the center field hedge at Memorial Stadium as he goes deep off the Red Sox’s Don Schwall, who gives up the 469-foot shot. In 1957, Yankee superstar Mickey Mantle became the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat.

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On June 22, 1962 Baltimore Orioles’ first baseman Boog Powell becomes the first Oriole player to homer over the center-field hedge at Memorial Stadium as he goes deep off the Red Sox’s Don Schwall, who gives up the 469-foot shot. In 1957, in the Birds’ 4-3 victory over Boston.

Yankee superstar Mickey Mantle became the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat.

 

 

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