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[QUOTE="gtcam, post: 3624902, member: 2844"]
Probably the one I hit one day in 1969 while playing in the empty field in back of Sacred Heart Church in Vernon.
I was never a power hitter by any means but it must have been a combination of the Nehi Orange soda, twizzlers and a few fireballs that mojo'd my testosterone to a maximum level.
I took a pitch from my brother Scott and it was one of those that when you hit it there was no feeling in the bat and it shot off of the bat high, hard and fast - into the woods where we couldn't find it. Never hit one like it before or after. I felt like Ron Santo (my idol) rounding the bases and all the kids just stood in awe because I was always good for a ground ball base hit or a pop-up.
Strange but 51 years later I still recall that day as if it was yesterday
BTW - in high school baseball I walked 58 times, struckout 12 times, HBP 6 times and had 2 base hits. I was a great fielder but after my sophomore year I decided that baseball was not my future.
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