Bryce Harper smashes another monster home run at Tropicana Field

Tom Gatto

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This wasn't close to the longest ball Bryce Harper has hit in Tropicana Field, but it was still impressive:

Harper became a sensation in part because of the 500-plus foot bomb he hit at the Trop (with a metal bat) in a high school home run derby six years ago.

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But back to Tuesday: His almost-indoor splash hit against the Rays was estimated at 445 feet, and it was his 22nd homer of the season, tying his career high set in 2012, his rookie season. He's two behind Giancarlo Stanton for the major league lead.

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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.