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Message: [QUOTE="Pawsox, post: 3624400, member: 10602"] 1971 All-Star game in Detroit. Reggie Jackson hit a homerun off of Dock Ellis that hit the base of the light tower on the roof at Tiger Stadium. Boog Powell said it was the hardest hit ball he had ever seen. Personally, I gave up one to Dale Murphy at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket that went over the lights in left field. I got a standing ovation from my own teammates when the inning was over for giving up the "longest homerun in history." Lesson learned, never hang a forkball. If you do, it's like putting it on a tee. [/QUOTE]