Jorge Soler’s three-run homer in the third inning of Game 6 of the World Series felt like the final nail in the coffin for the Astros. The Braves slugger turned on a hanging slider and hit it hard enough to send a shiver down your spine. It sailed clear over the train track on top of the back wall of the stadium and landed somewhere in the darkness beyond.
MLB’s Statcast system estimated that the ball traveled 446 feet, but I would have believed it if it said it went 600 feet. After the ball hit the ground, a lot of reporters covering the game had the same instinct: try to find it.