Just like death and taxes, ridiculous home runs from Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton are becoming a way of life, as the three-time All-Star is capable of putting on a freak show of extreme strength anytime he steps to the dish.
And he did it again during a spring training game yesterday.
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Stanton, who pulverized baseballs in the 2014 Home Run Derby on his way to winning the thing, might just have the most pop off his bat that I’ve ever seen in my entire life, making it appear as if he’s hitting a rubber ball with a steel rod.
While the exact distance of his latest moon shot is unknown, Terrance Floyd, a friend of a Marlins pitcher, did tell the story about how he found the ball after it flew over Miami’s clubhouse, per the Miami Herald:
“I didn’t know what was going on,” Floyd said via the Miami Herald. “It didn’t really scare me. I just thought, I must be hearing something because I could have sworn I heard a baseball. And then I looked up and it was right there.”
“It bounced off the top of the clubhouse, hit the concrete, rolled right here and I picked it up,” he said.
This is your notice, MLB pitchers, because Stanton is back with vengeance and ready to smash some balls all season long.