Giancarlo Stanton Blasted The Hardest Hit Home Run in Baseball History, Helping The Yankees Win Their Fourth Straight

It took the New York Yankees four months, but they’ve come to realize beating bad baseball teams is easy and in fact beneficial to your record. The Bombers have won four in a row, their longest streak since June 21st, and the current longest streak in Major League Baseball. They did it with a fantastic display of power against Texas Rangers pitching. All together, Neil Walker hit two homers (one from each side), Miggy hit one out, Hicks hit one to the sticks, and Giancarlo Stanton went blast off. Five home runs helped produce seven runs and a comfortable lead for J.A. Happ to work with. The biggest blast of the night came off the bat of Giancarlo Stanton.

How’s the hardest hit home run in baseball history sound for ya? 121.7 mph off the bat. 449 feet. The ball got out in what seemed like less than a second. It had a launch angle of less than 60 degrees. If you showed those numbers to Albert Einstein or the guy from a Beautiful Mind they would tell you it was physically impossible to do such a thing to a baseball. Well, this is Giancarlo Stanton we are talking about here. He is no human. He’s been red hot for his last 50+ games, but the power is coming along now. Ever since bitch boy Mike Fiers liked that tweet saying to hit Stanton in the mouth, Giancarlo has homered in three straight contests. He’s just envisioning Fiers head on the baseball and letting his instincts take over. Thank you Mr. Fiers for awakening a monster.

Miguel Andujar continued to swing the bat well, collecting two base hits, including his 16th homer of the season. I think Miggy has overtaken Gleyber Torres as the front-runner for the AL Rookie of the Year right now. He’s been so consistent at the plate and is one of, if not the most, consistent hitter on this team while Judge is out. Thank God they didn’t trade this guy. I know the defense sucks (dead last in DRS), but I’m hopeful with work he’ll become competent at the hot corner. Regardless, the Yankees need to keep him in the lineup which could mean DHing him down the stretch and having Stanton play the field. It’s going to be tough to find the right equation of offense and defense as we enter the final stretch of this season.

Patient Zero, J.A. Happ, returned from hand, foot, and mouth disease and pitched very well once again, earning his second win as a Yankee in as many games. Happ went six strong, allowing three runs on four hits, walking one and striking out nine in the process. He was in control all night long and gave the Yanks just what they needed. You give me six innings of three run ball I’m going to say we’re winning that baseball game every time. The Happ man has been a nice, stable addition to the rotation thus far.

Things got hairy in the 9th as Boone turned to Aroldis Chapman with a four run lead, just to get his rhythm back. It didn’t exactly go that way. Chapman had no feel for the zone and walked the inning’s first two hitters. Britton began warming as fast as possible while the Yankees made several trips to the mound to stall. Chapman did regain his composure and retired the next three batters in a row to end the game and escape trouble. Chapman’s struggles are concerning and it’s beginning to become a regularity that he puts multiple men on in every outing. I need this to stop for my sanity.

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