Did Mickey Mantle Really Hit a 565-Foot Home Run?

That’s what the myth long has been. On the 25th anniversary of his death, here’s a look back.

Gene Woodling swore that Mickey Mantle’s prodigious 565-foot home run at Washington’s Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953 — considered to be the longest homer in major league history — wasn’t the farthest ball he’d ever seen…