Tampa Bay Rays slugger Corey Dickerson used to be Colorado Rockies slugger Corey Dickerson until a trade this offseason. But if you thought he’d leave the “slugger” part behind in hitter-friendly Coors Field, he did not:
.@MCoreyDickerson's HR literally tried to leave Charlotte Sports Park. That & @BrandonGuyer single put #RaysUp, 7-0! pic.twitter.com/kYucWkH3qt
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) March 3, 2016
Dickerson's 2-run homer off Gonzalez might be the deepest one I've seen hit by a #rays player at Charlotte Sports Park
— Bill Chastain (@wwchastain) March 3, 2016
Dickerson's HR landed on the roof of Charlotte Sports Park's clubhouse building—rolling an estimated 569' from home. pic.twitter.com/q4ZLKxp51S
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) March 3, 2016
The blast itself:
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The roll obviously added to the distance there, but even still – 569 feet is nuts. Knocking one out of the ballpark and onto the roof of an adjacent building – that’s power.
It reminds me of a certain Glenallen Hill homer …