Not all home runs are created equal. Of course, some go farther than others, leave the bat at greater speeds or make a bigger impact on the game. But some just look cooler than the rest—like this one Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy hit on Monday night against the Blue Jays.
With the bases empty and Los Angeles trailing Toronto 3–2 in the bottom of the eighth, Muncy pounced on a hanging changeup from Trevor Richards. He crushed it 435 feet with an exit velocity of 109.2 mph.
But it wasn’t just how far or how hard Muncy hit the ball that made it pleasing to watch. It was how he hit it.
