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Without a doubt, the best thing about spring is the return of baseball season. Sure, the days get longer and the weather gets warmer. But nothing makes the days quite as special as having a baseball game on in the background.
I grew up as a Chicago White Sox fan, which I actually can’t recommend. This team is endlessly frustrating to watch—but I do it anyway. I mean, half of the appeal of baseball is complaining about baseball. The season is long, and we need things to talk about. Thankfully Mountain Dew is giving us something to talk about this year with its special giveaway of Baja Blast.
How can you get free Baja Blast during baseball season?
I know that America’s favorite soft drink is probably cola, but in my heart, it’s Mountain Dew’s Baja Blast. When you think about it, there is nothing more uniquely American: Baja Blast is innovative, ubiquitous and one of a kind. What other country would dare to make a neon green caffeinated beverage that tastes like nothing else on the market?
And now America’s national pastime and Baja Blast go hand-in-hand with this new Mountain Dew promotion. Throughout baseball season, any time a player hits a home run that is 420 feet or longer, you can get a free Baja Blast.
Basically, all you need to do is sign up at BajaBlastHomeRuns.com. You’ll receive an email with your official “Baja Blast Home Runs Pass” that you can add to your digital wallet. If a player hits a home run that measures at 420 feet or more, the next day you can scan the pass at a participating retailer or MLB stadium to redeem one free 20-ounce bottle of Baja Blast. The offer ends on Sept. 27, or after 500,000 redemptions—whichever comes first.
How common are 420-foot home runs?
According to the MLB, the average home run distance for the 2024 season was 399 feet. The shortest was 318 feet, and the longest was 480. So a home run that’s at least 420 feet is definitely in the ballpark (ha!) of what a player can hit.
The longest home run ever hit was by baseball legend Babe Ruth, who hit a whopping 575-foot home run in 1921. It’s widely considered to be the record, even though it was set before Statcast, which began tracking distances and other statistics in 2015. Before 2015, mathematical formulas were used to measure distance. Now, a combination of radar and cameras can track these things in real time.
Since Statcast was implemented, the longest home run is 505 feet, hit by Texas Ranger Nomar Mazara in 2019. Maybe if he had a Baja Blast before the game, he would have been able to hit it that extra 70 feet to break Babe Ruth’s record!
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