Giancarlo Stanton Is Still Here Killing People With Strong Home Runs

“Giancarlo Stanton, what did that baseball do to you?” muses the Marlins’ color commentator. And, well, given the way the baseball was treated—namely, donged so hard you don’t have time to even think Hey wait I thought he was struggling this year? before it gets out of the park—here are some possibilities:

1. That baseball insists on still calling him “Mike.”
2. That baseball thinks it’s just so great that Stanton doesn’t care what everyone is saying about him.
3. That baseball puts the emphasis on the first syllable of Breaking Bad.

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If any of the above are correct, that baseball got what it deserved.

Giancarlo Stanton's 475-foot home run nearly leaves Marlins Park

The Phillies and Marlins were tied in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday night, until Giancarlo Stanton stepped to the plate with a runner on.

Stanton blasted a 1-0 delivery from Hector Neris deep to left-center field. Not only did the ball clear the decorative pool infamous home run sculpture beyond the outfield wall, it almost left the stadium. The two-run homer that proved to be the game-winner in Miami's 6-4 victory was measured at an estimated 475 feet.

It was the 10th home run of the season for Stanton, whose career high is 37 in 2012 and 2014.