The day the Bull rings the Bell

Greg Luzinski drills his Liberty Bell-bound ball 54 years ago today at Veterans Stadium

The Phillies’ Greg Luzinski strikes the Liberty Bell replica above straightaway center field 54 years ago today at Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium.

The Bull’s prodigious blast leads off the bottom of the fourth inning against Chicago’s Burt Hooton, cutting the Cubs’ lead to 6-1 in a game they eventually win 8-1 on Hooton’s three-hitter before a Tuesday night crowd of 12,326.

Estimated distance of Luzinski’s homer: 458 feet from the plate and 75 feet above the field, leaving yet another crack in the Liberty Bell.

The homer is the ninth of the 307 Luzinski hits during his career from 1970-84 with six of those homers coming off Hooton.

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