CLEVELAND -- Longtime Indians fan John Adams always has his drum with him when he sits atop the left-field bleachers for games at Progressive Field. On Friday night, Adams should have brought a glove, too.
In the third inning of Cleveland's game against the Yankees, Tribe slugger Mike Napoli sent a pitch from Chad Green towering deep to left, where it sailed high over the bleachers and crashed into the top row. The baseball rattled around in the seats -- as Adams banged his drum nearby -- for a jaw-dropping home run.
Napoli's tape-measure shot was not only the longest home run of the year by an Indians hitter, but the longest ever recorded by Statcast™ for a Cleveland batter.