[1rudeboy]

Too early to tell, but he sounds like a class act.

[Nachum]

Win or lose, my favorite team since childhood. Getting this player ranks up there with some of the great things Bill Veek did.

Bill Veek...rhymes with 'wreck'

[Dr. Thorne]

Legend has it that White Sox slugger Jose Abreu once cracked a home run 490 feet in Cuba — farther than any long ball in the major leagues last season.

On May 22, 1963, Mickey Mantle, batting from the left side, hit a home run he called "the hardest ball I ever hit" off of Kansas City A's pitcher Bill Fischer.

The ball hit the copper facing above the upper deck of the old Yankee Stadium, 102 feet above field level. It is estimated that, had the facing not stopped the ball's flight, it would have traveled 504 feet before hitting the ground.

Mantle stood 5'11" and his weight was around 200 lbs. He was a natural right hand hitter whose father insisted that he learn to hit lefty as well so he would be closer to first base and be able to beat out more singles.