MVP KRIS BRYANT MAKES HISTORY – AGAIN

- 2013 NCAA GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD WINNER
- 2014 MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- 2015 NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
- 2016 NL MVP
This may takes its place alongside the records that will never be broken such as Joe Dimaggios 56 game hitting streak and Cy Young and his 511 career victories . To put THAT one in perspective , a pitcher would have to win 25 games a year for 20 consecutive years and he would still fall short by 11 victories . And we all know that only two players in MLB history could ONLY manage to get a hit in 44 consecutive games – Pete Rose and Wee Willie Keeler !
As a result , the University of San Diego , where Kris spent 3 of the best years of his life have decided to honor him by installing his retired number 23 on the top of the 80 foot high left field light tower with an arrow pointing up towards the sky to commemorate an epic home run he hit against the University of Saint Louis on a cold , damp , drizzly night in March of his junior year that I estimated , with a lot of help from Google satellite technology , to have travelled over 600 feet . Believe me , I do not take that statement lightly . Fact is that two people had the perfect perspective to watch this gargantuan blast – me at field level and my good friend Jack Murray , the USD play by play announcer who was sitting 30 feet above me on the same line of the ball flight in his official radio announcers booth . The ball exited off of Kris’ bat at AT LEAST the same velocity as the one that travelled 495′ at Wrigley Field against the Arizona Diamondbacks which was the longest home run in MLB during his rookie season last year . It disappeared into the thick marine layer that night in San Diego and was RISING at what Jack estimated to be 25+ feet above the 80 foot light tower . With these coordinates in mind , Google Earth had the ball CRESTING at 430 feet before it began its descent on to the practice football field over the left field wall . It was very easy for me to estimate where it landed because of the vast open space on the other side of the wall . The ball was NEVER found . Rumor has it that Bigfoot came out the canyon to the left of the football field and grabbed it for himself ! It surfaced on e-bay recently with a price tag of $2 million dollars . Except they can’t find the seller !
All joking aside , I have never ever seen a ball hit like this in my life .

Next article . . . . . . Billy Ripken has some awesome suggestions on how to deal with the poor strike zone judgment of umpires in the MLB . You don’t want to miss this one !
Northside Bob
November 24, 2016 (12:46 am)
Outstanding job KB ! Chicago loves you !