June 10 in Houston Astros History: Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt hits arguably the longest ball in Astrodome history although it is only a single (1974)

Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt hits arguably the longest ball in Astrodome history although it is only a single. The ball strikes a speaker that hung from the roof of the Dome, 117 feet above centerfield and 300 feet from home plate, only to bounce back into play as a live ball. Although the bases are

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