June 25th, 2018 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka There are home runs and then there are home runs.
On Sunday afternoon, among the seven solo home runs hit by the Dodgers in their (believe it or not) squeaker 11-inning / 8-7 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field, Dodgers first baseman / center fielder Cody Bellinger absolutely crushed a 2-2 fastball off of Mets right-hander Tim Peterson in the top of the fourth inning that traveled 484 feet to right-center field, making it the second longest home run hit in the MLB thus far this season, behind only the 489.06-foot blast hit by San Diego Padres outfielder Franchy Cordero on April 20.
There was absolutely no doubt that Bellinger’s fourth-inning blast was gone; it was just a matter of how far it would go. Per Home Run Tracker, it went 484 feet. (Photo credit – Ron Cervenka)
Worthy of mention is the 437-foot blast hit by Dodgers center fielder Joc Pederson in the top of the seventh inning off of Mets right-hander Anthony Swarzak. Although it did not make the top five on Home Run Tracker, it was a monster shot.
Pederson’s seventh inning blast travelled 437 feet; good, but well short of Home Run Tracker’s top five.
(Photo credit – Ron Cervenka)
As of this writing, Home Run Tracker had yet to update their top-five list for June 24, 2018, but here is their top-five from June 23 (prior to Belly’s monster shot):
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That bomb didn’t even come close to 484. Simply watching the video with the naked eye you can see that. But look at the very graphic you posted. It’s hit to the right of the 380 sign and landed in the bullpen. The graphic clearly marks it at 415 which is the correct distance. Home run tracker simply had a typo in the text part of their tweet stating 484 when it should have been 415. Ron you’ve seen a lot of baseball in your life and many dingers. More than most. I can’t believe you keep running with this 484 number.
It doesn’t make any difference, so long as it helped the Dodgers win.
The whole premise of the article was that it was the second longest home run hit all year. As to your other point yes I don’t care how far it went. It was integral to the dodgers winning and that’s what I really care about. Just don’t understand why Ron is pushing a clear typo when he witnessed it firsthand and knows it didn’t go far.
Obviously, I am far more familiar with Dodger Stadium and can usually guesstimate withing 10 to 20 feet how far a home run ball travels there. Citi Field is an entirely different deal, with all of it nooks and crannies, and weird upper decks.
There is no disputing that Belly absolutely crushed that first HR, which landed in one of those upper decks (not too far from where his granny landed the night before).
I have to admit that I am truly amazed with the Home Run Tracker Twitter account. They do an outstanding job and I am absolutely blown away with how quickly (usually within seconds) they get the information up on Twitter.
Although anything human-related is subject to error (including this site), I have never had reason to doubt or question Home Run Tracker; thus, I bit the poisoned apple (no pun intended).
I appreciate your kind words, Porch. I knew Belly’s blast went a very long way, but sitting in the fourth deck down the left field foul line made it impossible for me to even wager a guess as to its true distance. Silly me for “pushing a clear typo.”
Have a great day … or whatever.
Ron I think you are confusing his two home runs from that game. The one you are citing as 484 is his first one that was a line shot to right center that landed in the bullpen. Look at the graphic. His second one was the one that landed in the upper deck down the line near where his granny was. I can see getting fooled by those upper deck shots because they look so majestic. I was actually surprised when seeing him and Joc’s and Muncy’s distances on those shots from the series that the distances were shorter than I would have guessed. I thought they were longer than they were. Backdrops are good at playing mind tricks.
I’m not disagreeing that homerun tracker is accurate. I think the graphic in the tweet is very accurate. Shows where the ball was hit into the bullpen and pegged it at 415. That was my main gripe. You know that if a ball lands in the bullpen it definitely did not go 484. They simply made a typo. Sorry for being insistent on this issue but I just have a pet peeve about misinformation being spread.
Regardless of how far it went, it was a rocket.
It was definitely one of those “Holy ****” blasts.