Just when you thought it was safe to party at Coors Field on a Friday night, Brandon Belt of the San Francisco Giants is here to crash it. Or at the very least make you reconsider your choices in life. During Friday's wild 11-8 victory against the Rockies, Belt unloaded on a Kyle Kendrick offering and sent a towering, almost majestic blast to the upper deck in right field, just a few rows short of the relatively new party deck. It's an area of Coors Field that a scarce few have reached in its 20-year history, though that list is now populated by three Giants. In addition to Belt, Barry Bonds and, wait for this one, Nate Schierholtz have also reached that section. Brandon Belt's home run, at 475 feet, was the longest at Coors Field since Milton Bradley hit one 479 feet in 2004 for the Dodgers. — Nick Groke (@nickgroke) May 23, 2015 As always, the distance is up for some debate. According to MLB's statcast data, it traveled 475 feet, which would easily rank among the longest home runs hit in MLB this season along with Alex Rodriguez and Giancarlo Stanton. ESPN's Hit Tracker estimated a more conservative 437 feet of true distance, which wouldn't even crack their top 25. [ Check...
Brandon Belt nearly visits Coors Field party deck with mammoth homer
Published May 23, 2015 at 1:40 PM
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