On June 10, 1974, a 24-year-old Mike Schmidt unleashed a drive in the Houston Astrodome that immediately left everyone searching for a precedent. The ball struck a speaker 117 feet above the field and 300 feet from home plate, forcing umpires to rule it a ground-rule single despite the distance it traveled. It was a moment that stopped the game and reshaped the conversation about power in a domed ballpark. The Phillies went on to rout the Astros 12–0.
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A manager’s stunned reaction from the dugout
Schmidt’s own curiosity about the ball’s true fate
Why this moment was unprecedented in Astrodome history
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