Evan Longoria's sixth-inning homer on Tuesday against Kevin Millwood is being called the third longest in Tropicana Field history.
It supposedly landed in the first row of the upper deck "party deck" in left field, although I am of the belief it plowed a hole in the Trop's dome and is on its way up I-275.
The official measurement was 473 feet, one foot shorter than a bomb by Vinny Castilla in 2001, which was the only other to land in the party deck, according to Tampa Bay's PR department.
I once saw David Ortiz poke a hole in the ozone on a pitch from Josh Towers in Boston, so I am not easily impressed. But Longoria's was a SHOT.
-- Dan Connolly