Stephen Goff (who initially used The Natural metaphor), describes Hunter Pence's mammoth BP homer before G161, which we can't be bothered to even recap (short version: it sucked.)
Pence did his best impression of Robert Redford's character "Roy Hobbs" in The Natural by turning on a pitch that not only flew over the railroad tracks, but landed approximately 200 feet above the Crawford Boxes in left field on top of the stadium lights, where it still remains.
"How did you like that one," Pence said with a big smile.
Veteran outfielder Jason Michaels, one of Pence's close friends, was certainly impressed.
"That had to have been over 500 feet," Michaels said. "You figure its 315 feet down the line, and Pence hit that about 200 feet over that. It was a perfect Robert Redford shot."
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
