The Sports Time Traveler™

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Swoboda's "King-Sized" Clout

Ron Swoboda Didn't Make History on April 14, 1965, But He Should Have!

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Len Ferman
Jul 11, 2025
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The Sports Time Traveler has been following the 1965 Mets day-by-day.

This morning, as I read the July 11, 1965, New York Times, I saw something that made my eyes almost pop out of my head.

In Arthur Daley’s Sports of the Times column, he mentioned that the Mets’ Ron Swoboda had hit a 565-foot home run back near the start of the season.

Somehow, I misse…

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