SPORTY SPICE: Jimmy Rollins takes on a Babe Ruth record

Red Bull is known for hosting crazy sporting events, but their recent team-up with Phillies' shortstop Jimmy Rollins goes beyond crazy, its potentially record breaking.

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SPORTY SPICE: Jimmy Rollins takes on a Babe Ruth record

POSTED: Friday, June 24, 2011, 12:30 PM

Red Bull is known for hosting crazy sporting events, but their recent team-up with Phillies’ shortstop Jimmy Rollins goes beyond crazy, it's potentially record-breaking. Red Bull Ball Park Cranks and Rollins are working together to break the world record for the longest batted ball. As it stands, Babe Ruth holds this honor at 576 feet — nearly two football fields. Rollins is no Ryan Howard, though. At only 5’ 8”, his home run distances aren’t the things of legend. So where does this Phillies’ player get off thinking he'll beat the Babe? The Guinness Book doesn’t have any limitations on bat material, so Red Bull is bringing in science to produce a souped-up bat. According to Dr. Alan Nathan who helped devise the slugger in question, several rule-breaking techniques were used to make the ball propel farther than average. Sounds a little fishy, but we're rooting for him, nonetheless. Hit it over the Schuylkill, Rollins!

Mon., June 27, 11:45-1 p.m., Ben Franklin Parkway and 20th Street, redbullusa.com.

(megan.augustin@citypaper.net)

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