Gather your family and friends and give thanks for the 10 longest home runs of 2016
Dingers. Dongers. Dingeroonies. Doesn't matter what you call them, they're the very best. So before you get too focused on the Thanksgiving feast coming later this week, sit back and let your face get melted off with the 10 longest home runs of 2016 as measured by Statcast™.
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Ken Griffey Jr.'s home run swing was like a peaceful sonata, but Franco's shot against the Rockies is the bass drop.
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Encarnacion has hit an insane 193 home runs over the last five years; only
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Before the pitch was thrown, you may have thought that
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When the Marlins built their home run sculpture, it was supposed to celebrate dingers. Facing the Phillies in May, Stanton treated it as a "Hit a dolphin, win a steak," type challenge.
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A's rookie Healy's blast against the Royals fits perfectly in a Thanksgiving singalong: "Over the fountains and into the woods, to Grandmother's home plate we go."
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While
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With his massive swing, Reynolds is the closest thing to an all-or-nothing slugger in the Majors. His home run against Atlanta was both all and nothing. It was the Schrodinger's cat of dingers.
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Sometimes it's easy to forget how far 491 feet really is. But then you see a GIF of Mazara's home run versus the Angels and realize, oh yeah, the Rangers' Globe Life Park can barely contain dingers of this magnitude.
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Cruz's nickname is Boomstick. This home run by the Mariners DH against the Twins was really more of an all-caps BOOOOOOOOOOMstick.
1. Giancarlo Stanton - 504 feet
As if it could be anyone else at the top of the list. Oh yeah, Stanton's home run off the Rockies'
All together, these dingers accounted for nearly a full mile of home runs -- coming in at a whopping 4,824 feet. That's a lot of dinger.