May 31, 2023

Long, Long, Balls

Shohei Ohtani of the Angels hit the longest home run of his career Wednesday afternoon, 459 feet:

Ohtani increased his career total to 13 multihomer games with his first this season. He now has nine home runs of at least 450 feet in his career, all coming in the past three seasons and tied with Ronald Acuna Jr. and Salvador Perez for second in MLB in that span, behind only C.J. Cron, who has 16. He also has 12 career home runs in 31 games against the White Sox, his most against any team not in the American League West.

Trout pulled a hanging curve for his 13th home run and longest of the season. It was the 10th of his career of at least 460 feet, and since he entered the league in 2011, the only players with more at that distance are Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge.

ESPN.com

It’s about time we came up with a nickname for this pair, a la the Bash Brothers. The Sushi Slammers?

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