This Day in Baseball History: May 17, 1959 - Roberto Clemente hits a two-out, 9th-inning homer that clears the diagonal fence behind the centerfield bleachers at Wrigley Field, barely missing being the first ball to hit the distant centerfield scoreboard. While no exact distance is recorded, it is one of the three or four longest home runs in the ballpark’s history. Alas, it is not enough as the Pirates fall one run short, 7 - 6, in the second game, splitting a doubleheader against the Cubs.

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