In the annals of Negro League baseball there are
many stories about the home run power of George “Mule” Suttles. During his 19 year Negro League career, few
players could hit a baseball further than the “Mule”, not even the great Josh
Gibson some say. One story told is of Suttles hitting a
600 foot home run while playing in the Cuban Winter League. It is said the ball carried out of the
stadium and over the heads of Cuban soldiers on horseback doing crowd control
duty behind the outfield fences. Another
version of the blast had it landing in the ocean. Suttles was inducted into the National
Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
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