Kevin launched his first dinger last night in an 11YO All-Star game, a 3-run shot after the other team had just changed pitchers. The kid they brought in was definitely throwing faster than the previous one he'd faced. But he stood there and watched him warmup, then went after the first pitch he saw. As he said later, "MY pitch" (up, nicely-coinciding w/ his usual lack of posture
).He launched it directly over my head in LCF, which was 196' from home plate. There was a dirt access road behind me, then the woods. It hit a tree shortly into the woods, that was 20' past the fence - but it hit up high, about 25' up it.
So I'm estimating that the ball would've carried another 20-25', putting the total distance at ~240'. 
Just for reference, he is almost 4'10" and weighs ~95 lbs. He turns 12 10 days after this game.
His team went on to win, 21-12 (yeah, more like a football score!
)So far, through 4 All-Star games, he's 6 for 12, w/ a double, a triple, and now a HR and 6 RBI. He's also walked twice and reached by error twice, w/ no Ks.
Sorry for the shaky camera. I had my elbows resting on the LCF fence and unfortunately, so did numerous other fans.
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