Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gives Tim Tebow a look at big-league power

Tom Gatto

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gives Tim Tebow a look at big-league power image

Tim Tebow hit a Double-A home run Thursday night. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a major league tater in the same game.

Tebow's opposite-field fly for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies got over the wall with a little room to spare. Guerrero's laser-beam line drive for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats soared over a high advertising board in left field.

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First, here's Tebow's homer:

Now, here's young Vlad's. The in-stadium video crew didn't have time to follow the ball.

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Rough Statcast estimate on Guerrero's homer:

Exit velocity: Infinity.
Launch angle: Who cares? The ball left the stadium.
Distance: See exit velo.

Fortunately, a spectator sitting in the field boxes captured it all on video. If you play with the pause button a little, you'll see the ball take off before you hear the crack of the bat. (WARNING: NSFW language by the wowed fan.) 

Let's give the final word to a man who knows all about well-struck baseballs (OK, it's Vlad Jr.'s Hall of Famer dad):

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.