He didn't decide to keep the ball... He was sleeping with a straw hat covering his face when the ball was hit, it busted through his hat hitting him in the head and the ball was never recovered. Redsox are still trying to recover the ball. Someone grabbed it and never said anything
No one ever will. The renovations to Fenway have made it almost impossible. When Ted did it the grandstands behind home plate were lower and there was an abnormally strong wind blowing out to RF that day that would never have the same effect now with the current stadiums construction.
@@CatWith-AHat I don’t think so man. Ortiz said he tried to do it with a metal bat during BP and still couldn’t get it there. That thing got blown by the wind so hard I don’t think anyone will ever duplicate or beat it.
@@miigon9117 maybe they even rotate it in between the seats they might have saved in storage for the illusion of the memory. But suede content creators are like mass produce chine products, not all of them have to work properly they just have to get the traffic.
cuz perfect loops are dumb anyway. All you do is string a sentence from the end to the start, and then immediately have some kind of cut where the loop could’ve been anyway. It’s cool but overused
I was in the stands (somewhat up behind 1st base dugout) at Fenway with my dad on the day Ted Williams retired (Sept 1960). Being the ever sportsman that he was in the off season, Ted was presented (at an infield ceremony) with very high end fly fishing rods and shotguns (and probably a $100k a year 20 year SEARS sponsorship). This was also the day his replacement Carl Yazstremski took over Left Field.
Fun fact: the same red seat can be found in the game Fallout 4, which takes place in a post apocalyptic Boston. If you enter the stadium (which is now being used as a settlement) and look carefully into the stands, you can find the red seat.
Wille Stargell's star at veterans stadium ( demolished) 500 plus feet. The spot that it it was approx 455-460 linear feet from the plate. The 600 section was so high up that the ball would have continued to travel even farther. The projected distance on that particular homer is just over 500 feet. Stargell hit several homers farther than that in the 520-525 foot range
And... Ted was a San Diego guy! Was a rookie with hometown San Diego Padres in Pacific Coast League, 1936 😁! Years later he would talk hitting with Tony Gwynn! Go Pads!!
It’s crazy that he’s my cousin from my dads side they said he didn’t really talk to family a lot because he thought everyone would ask for money but my grandparents got to go visit with him a few times I need to dig through the family pictures again I love hearing about him!
That's vary cool I live in Ted's old house and when moving in and cleaning I found a stack of old topps cards of his he autographed. I have no idea why he would sign them unless they were gifts for kids that's all I can come up with but I had them authenticated and teddy ball game signed all of them and down the road it's all houses now but it was a ball field that Ted would play with all the local kids! How cool would that be also found tons of personal photos!
Camden Yards has an orange seat representing where Eddie Murray hit career HR number 500! Up until this season there was another orange seat in Left-Center to honor Cal Ripken where his HR surpassed Ernie Banks as a Shortstop. It was taken out when the Orioles expanded the Outfield in Left and Left-Center.
That’s ironic because Ted Williams is my great cousin 😂 didn’t get the chance to meet him but my grandmother met him a bunch. Wish I had the pleasure to meet him.
I thought that was the landing spot where Ted Williams last ever HR, in his last at bat landed there - as many marked by the red seat. I saw from the field, as I took the Fenway Field stadium tour.
That’s pretty cool, I’ve seen in movies where sports guys who had a set of four or five ballpark seats they have one seat red. That’s pretty cool to know why now.
Mickey Mantle hit one an estimate 734 ft at Yankee stadium before the technology was available for an exact determination. They used tape measures after the game and measured from home plate to straight away thru exits to outside the ballpark where the ball landed on the first bounce. Ruth’s longest was 574 ft at the stadium.
The beginning of this video made it sound like it was a jeopardy clue
Thank you for the greatest CZcams comment of all time
@@zel1770 agreed
@@zel1770 haha I try :3
What is the longest home run in baseball history?
WTF I was thinking the same thing
He didn't decide to keep the ball... He was sleeping with a straw hat covering his face when the ball was hit, it busted through his hat hitting him in the head and the ball was never recovered. Redsox are still trying to recover the ball. Someone grabbed it and never said anything
Lol who sleeps at a baseball game
@@rettwingate877 I only know this because I've done the tour there, and apparently he was coming back from travel and took a nap...lol
I’ve got the ball guys. Give me an offer.
@@rettwingate877 baseball is just that boring
@@rettwingate877 me
I love that in fallout 4. They have the red seat in diamond city
that’s awesome! i didn’t know that
Why was that the first thing I thought of lol
Yes!
@@timbrown3666 Because we dont touch grass enough
@@derrickmiles2153 I just started playing Fallout 4 again so that's probably why
“In a sea of green”
I see no plants… oh not that kinda video
He was on steroids
He's
“Sir, the game ended an hour ago. Please leave.”
“Can I film this TikTok first?”
“ItS fEr EdUcATiOnAL PuRpOsES”
@@DontBeMad911 try not to lose your shit over a CZcams shorts challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
*casual short video made for entertainment purposes*
"so anyways I started complaining"
David Ortiz said that he always tried to hit one farther in batting practice but was never able to.
No one ever will. The renovations to Fenway have made it almost impossible. When Ted did it the grandstands behind home plate were lower and there was an abnormally strong wind blowing out to RF that day that would never have the same effect now with the current stadiums construction.
@@mattorey5816 bring back the juice and it can be done. I wanna see a 600ft Homer.
@@CatWith-AHat I don’t think so man. Ortiz said he tried to do it with a metal bat during BP and still couldn’t get it there. That thing got blown by the wind so hard I don’t think anyone will ever duplicate or beat it.
@@mattorey5816 steroids
@@roxydabomb8896 Ted just had ww2 strength maybe benzedrine but no roids.
I had a birthday party at fenway for my 7th birthday!
Even though I already know, great to hear it again
“By painting this seat red” uuuh all I see is they just kept the seat instead.
Yeah I thought that too. The red seat doesn't seem to be the same shape as the green ones
@@miigon9117 maybe they even rotate it in between the seats they might have saved in storage for the illusion of the memory. But suede content creators are like mass produce chine products, not all of them have to work properly they just have to get the traffic.
At the time they were bleachers. In the 80s they rebuilt it and installed seats. It’s the only red one.
I’m a Dodgers fan but this is awesome! I would wanna see Fenway park one day, and ima keep this seat in mind!
I farted in that seat
And it’s over in the 42 section what a crazy coincidence 😳
I love Fenway so much.
"painting this seat red"
*is just an entirely different kind of seat*
That seat said Ima be different
@@eddiemunson1075 seat wanted to be quirky
@@vincentserna4791 the seat said fuck bring normal
It's the same seat as the others
So no one’s gonna talk about how he fumbled the opportunity for a perfect loop?
Fr
na, sounds like a gen z vexation. didn't even notice till this comment
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💀
Sooo overused. Glad he didn’t
cuz perfect loops are dumb anyway. All you do is string a sentence from the end to the start, and then immediately have some kind of cut where the loop could’ve been anyway. It’s cool but overused
In the game "fallout4" the seat is also red in the same stadium
Personally seen this seat back in 2007, my senior year, and it was memorizing for a small town Texan. Still neat bit of history that I treasure.
Yall blew this video's chance to have a perfect loop!
Yep, could've been a perfect
First thought: what's this guy doing in diamond city
im glad that my favorite park has something memorable
I’ve sat in that seat once when I went there
Bro messed the perfect loop by repeating "in a sea of green" at the end.
it's overused anyways
@@sillygoose635cry? It would still be better.
"You missed a spot."
Some kid who never watched this video, probably.
I was in the stands (somewhat up behind 1st base dugout) at Fenway with my dad on the day Ted Williams retired (Sept 1960).
Being the ever sportsman that he was in the off season, Ted was presented (at an infield ceremony) with very high end fly fishing rods and shotguns (and probably a $100k a year 20 year SEARS sponsorship).
This was also the day his replacement Carl Yazstremski took over Left Field.
This reminds me of the Diary of a wimpy kid moment, with that chair that had a broken leg and was peed on for being the odd one out.
Lmaoooo
Is the price of that seat more?
do you know why this sit is red? It's where the longest home run hit and landed at a gentleman's head, this is actually his blood stain.
Ayo funny thing is that same damn red seat can be found in Diamond City in Fallout 4
Now that's very cool. Man Ted Williams was a legend
My uncle has sat there he was next to me when I was watching this
Interesting!
I just got this recommended again
I saw that at a tour of Fenway "good thing I wasn't standing up" get me every time
I wish I could see the view from there to get a better perspective on the length
Griffen Jr hit one farther there but didn't get a seat.
So did Rowdy Tellez
@@landonpalmatier8548 no he didn’t. The calculation was completely wrong. It was only like 440ft
Griffey*
@@David_F97 yeah ok lol
I’m a sox fan and it’s pretty much general consensus that this hit never happened.
Dude that ball is probably worth a pretty penny
I get some The Beatles vibes when says "Sea of Green"
Wow. Longest still to this day. Ted must have knocked the shit out of that ⚾ ball.
Imagine giving up thousands because it hit you on the head 💀
Imagine getting that seat
I just went here for vacation!! I went to Boston with GF’s fam, I got the full explanation of the red seat and irs really cool
How about some visual perspective , pan the camera toward the field
Dude missed the chance for a perfect loop
Big Papi said only a hurricane could carry a ball that far!! Go Sox.
Minute Made Park, in Houston has an orange seat for the same reason.
It's these little things that make baseball worth people's time and attention.
Fun fact: the same red seat can be found in the game Fallout 4, which takes place in a post apocalyptic Boston. If you enter the stadium (which is now being used as a settlement) and look carefully into the stands, you can find the red seat.
And I thought that was 🎅Santas Seat
I WAS JUST HERE FOR A TOUR LOL
Wille Stargell's star at veterans stadium ( demolished) 500 plus feet.
The spot that it it was approx 455-460 linear feet from the plate. The 600 section was so high up that the ball would have continued to travel even farther. The projected distance on that particular homer is just over 500 feet. Stargell hit several homers farther than that in the 520-525 foot range
Why are you such a Grifter?
fenway is so weird
My dad and I took a tour and the tour guide gave us the full story so I’m glad you can get this out
Gives new meaning to "the hot seat" lol
The man: "fuck no I don't want a nearly priceless ball it hit me in the head"
Wow! What a blast!
i remember taking a trip here and taking a picture next to it
Great topic great presentation.
I did not know this ! Good trivial vid !!
this reminded me of the song “yellow submarine”
I was just in Fenway stadium last Monday!
I live is Boston and that a cool thing since baseball is my fav sport
My grandpa was at that game. He was sitting a few rows behind that seat.
I went there on a school field trip. I learned that story
And... Ted was a San Diego guy! Was a rookie with hometown San Diego Padres in Pacific Coast League, 1936 😁! Years later he would talk hitting with Tony Gwynn! Go Pads!!
It’s crazy that he’s my cousin from my dads side they said he didn’t really talk to family a lot because he thought everyone would ask for money but my grandparents got to go visit with him a few times I need to dig through the family pictures again I love hearing about him!
That's vary cool I live in Ted's old house and when moving in and cleaning I found a stack of old topps cards of his he autographed. I have no idea why he would sign them unless they were gifts for kids that's all I can come up with but I had them authenticated and teddy ball game signed all of them and down the road it's all houses now but it was a ball field that Ted would play with all the local kids! How cool would that be also found tons of personal photos!
Plot twist: that’s chair stained with the man’s blood after the hit
Camden Yards has an orange seat representing where Eddie Murray hit career HR number 500! Up until this season there was another orange seat in Left-Center to honor Cal Ripken where his HR surpassed Ernie Banks as a Shortstop. It was taken out when the Orioles expanded the Outfield in Left and Left-Center.
This is the same at the MCG in Melbourne, 1 yellow seat the "Blue" section.
Today I learned that the road called “Ted Williams” next to me was named after this guy lol
Anybody have 406 Ted Williams drive that would be crazy
thats preety f**king cool… i would LOVE to sit in that one red seat...
Painted? That seats a whole different shape haha
That’s ironic because Ted Williams is my great cousin 😂 didn’t get the chance to meet him but my grandmother met him a bunch. Wish I had the pleasure to meet him.
I’m a padre fan but I love ted bc he is a north park San Diego kid like me
I thought that was the landing spot where Ted Williams last ever HR, in his last at bat landed there - as many marked by the red seat. I saw from the field, as I took the Fenway Field stadium tour.
Also in Fallout 4, there is a reference to this in Diamond City where you can find a red chair among the green in the stands.
New phrase unlocked in a sea of green chairs be the one red chair
Missed opportunity for the perfect loop
"So we sailed up to the sun
Till we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine"
-Yellow Submarine, Beatles
That’s pretty cool, I’ve seen in movies where sports guys who had a set of four or five ballpark seats they have one seat red. That’s pretty cool to know why now.
I'm a Dodger fan ... but I luv the rich history @Fenway
Similar thing at the MCG in Australia except it's a cricket ball 😁
Is it bad that I fully expected to be murder that occurred in that seat
Would've been a neat visual to add by panning from that seat back down to the pitch.
Hey, I visit that seat all the time in fo4
I thought he was gonna say "he decided not to sue" instead of "he decided not to keep the ball"
in a sea of green, why is this seat red?
Me: a fish
Missed opportunity for a great Loop ;)
"Hey, That's my spot."
Ahhh, Diamond City! Jewel of the commonwealth!
So awesome
*person who got bonked in the head*
"Nice, I now have full recollection of what happened that day."
I got a tour here, I sat there!
Holy crap I sat in that seat on a tour
Me (colorblind): *unable to see the difference
I have his complete 59 Fleer set, PSA 7 and above! Teddy Ballgame is a legend!
I’ll give you $20, a season pass on the T, and my season seats to a barbecue that happens down the street from me.
He graduated from my High School Herbert Hoover High. In San Diego, CA.
Mickey Mantle hit one an estimate 734 ft at Yankee stadium before the technology was available for an exact determination. They used tape measures after the game and measured from home plate to straight away thru exits to outside the ballpark where the ball landed on the first bounce. Ruth’s longest was 574 ft at the stadium.
I started watching majors anime and now im getting baseball shorts
Whoever's sitting in that seat when it decides to finally give up and break is going to be one of the most hated people in baseball history.
Cool info!