Watch: Ozuna hits righteous moonshot into Rays pennant in rafters
Aim for the back wall, right?
— #Statcast (@statcast) May 4, 2017
Marcell Ozuna smashes a 468-foot blast, his longest HR of the #Statcast era. https://t.co/GB1y3tcsc0 pic.twitter.com/G76hOUDbzv
Every once in a while, a slugger hits a home run so powerful it demands to be watched on a nearly infinite loop. Miami Marlins outfielder Marcell Ozuna hit one such home run on Wednesday night.
Ozuna absolute annihilated a 85-mph pitch from Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Blake Snell in the top of the fourth inning.
The beauty of this video is how it keeps getting better. First, you have Ozuna's swing. From the second he makes contact, you know it's gone. Next, the camera pans out wide enough that it's almost impossible to find the ball, making it seem it's left the park entirely.
Finally, it smacks into the Rays' 2011 Wild Card pennant way above the mostly empty seats at Tropicana Field. It's only 27 seconds long, but it's a little piece of magic.