Some home run hitters barely clear the fences most of the time yet they may have more of them than some of the monstrous shots like Albert Pujols.
2007-11-21 16:02:48 · 7 answers · asked by Eric W 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Because that's not the question. Besides, different ball parks have different sized fields. And then you have stuff like the Green Monster. You could hit a line drive 450 feet in that park and it still wouldn't be a home run. There's too many variables for it to be judged by distance.
2007-11-21 16:05:52 · answer #1 · answered by The Oracle 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the distance doesn't matter at all in home runs. Some home run hitters have prodigous power and are recognized for it, but what really counts when factoring in home runs is how many runs the home run counts for, when the home run was hit, and who hit the home run. So long as it clears the fence, most people won't give a rat's asterisk about how far it went, unless it was a truly monstrous shot. Do you realize how trivial and unnecessary measuring by distance would be? There would have to be endless usage of tape measures, etc. and would show nothing important. A home run is a home run, no matter how far it goes or how much of a cheap fly ball it is.
2007-11-21 16:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by dude_in_disguise2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The homeruns dont give you points for the distance that you hit them. They give you a point for how many people touch the plate when you hit a homerun. And if a player hits a homerun everytime he goes up to bat and his are 200 feet he would probably lead. But if a different player was up and hits a homer every other time hes at bat, and he hits 400 ft homers, the first batter hits them more and therefore gets the title because they tie in distance. Also some parks are larger than others making it harder to hit long homeruns in them.
2007-11-21 16:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sir Issac Newton taught us that a body in motion will stay in motion until a force equal and opposite is placed upon it.
You can hit a ball that will travel 600 feet in Boston, but if it only rises 50 feet off the ground, toward left field, it will hit a wall and bounce for a single or a double. You hit the same ball in San Franscisco, you may get the walkway and it will roll out to the parking lot. In another park, it will land in the bleachers, or one of the hanging decks.
The point is, while the distance itself may be linear, where it lands, is not constant in each park, so you have no frame of reference. Just like the 405 foot fly ball is out of Wrigley, but a popout in Coors!
2007-11-21 16:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by pricehillsaint 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only criteria for a homerun is for the batter to round the bases and score, it makes no difference how far you hit the ball and it doesn't even have to leave the ballpark.
2007-11-22 00:48:39 · answer #5 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The homerun leaders are determined by the amount of homeruns they hit. Distance have nothing to do with it, unless you're in McCovey's Cove in San Fran!!
2007-11-22 00:42:34 · answer #6 · answered by DYankeeFan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason that you don't get two strikes for a fastball compared to one for a change-up or award an extra run if you're particularly speedy.
You're not serious, right?
2007-11-21 18:02:46 · answer #7 · answered by Bucky 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋