Larry Walker. (Denver Post file photo)
on Friday to punch out Trevor Story at third base. It’s the longest throw in baseball, from right field to third base. I estimated Puig’s rainbow of throw at about 360 feet, with a hangtime of 3.07 seconds.
It led Rockies manager Walt Weiss to call it a “superman throw.” (or watch it down below).
But was it the best ever throw at Coors Field?
On July 27, 1998, Pittsburgh’s to cut down Neifi Perez at third. It was awesome. It’s a legend in the right field bleachers at Coors:
Larry Walker, the best defensive right fielder in Rockies history, had a canon for an arm too. in 2001 to knock out St. Louis’ Fernando Vina at home plate:
Weiss on Friday compared Puig’s throw to at home plate at the Kingdome in Seattle in 1989:
Where does Puig’s rank? Once more for good measure, :
