The Big Lead

Mike Trout Hit a Baseball Nearly 500 Feet

By Ryan Glasspiegel

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Mike Trout hit an obscene 489-foot home run off Jason Vargas that splashed into the fountain of Kaufmann Stadium. According to ESPN, this was the longest home run hit thus far this season; if I were a betting man, which I am, I’d be willing to wager a dollar this one ends up on his Hall of Fame reel.

Ed Zurga from Getty Images nabbed a tremendous photo of the fateful swing:

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