. . . while wondering if there will be a baseball season.
I first saw this in 2020 but had forgotten it until Super 70s Sports, the best account on twitter, revived it recently.
What a swing that gal has! Great stance, great bat speed. And listen to how the ball sounds coming off the bat. That is Emma Humplik of Orange, Texas when she was in high school. Emma is now at the University of South Florida and we wish her the best. And don't forget to give a tip of the hat to whoever is doing the tossing from a sitting position!
Hit like a girl. Goddamn.
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) February 28, 2022
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The screaming line drive blast she starts with immediately reminded me of a game I saw in Fenway Park. Sitting near the Red Sox dugout, I watched Jack Clark get hold of a pitch and send it on a line over The Wall in left field. You could feel the power when he connected with that incredible bat speed and it seemed like it took only a milisecond for the ball to leave the park.
I went back and checked Clark's history. He came to the Red Sox at the tail end of his career and hit 28 home runs in 1991. The home run I witnessed occurred during a day game. According to Baseball-Reference, Clark hit 8 home runs in day games at Fenway that year. Through a process of elimination, it's likely the homer I witnessed took place on August 3 or 4 that year, when the Sox played the Toronto Blue Jays on a weekend and Clark homered in both games. His blast on the 4th is described as to "deep LF", while the one the prior day is "line drive, deep LF", making it the most likely candidate.
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