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New York Yankees News/Rumor: Mike Ford hits 680′ home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s record?

Last night during the New York Yankees/Philadelphia Phillies exhibition game at Yankee Stadium pinch hitter, Mike Ford supposedly hit a 680′ home run in the ninth inning that tied the game at two. The phenomenal record-breaking home run to right field was a definite glitch on Statcast part. The homer was more likely 480′, if that.

One thing you should know is that there is seldom an accurate way to measure a home run that leaves the park. Distance records have only been kept since 2006. But many players have hit long home runs that have been measured by acceptable methods for the time in which they were hit.