Thomas was the fourth child born to Abraham Lincoln (1744â1786) and Bathsheba Herring (c. 1742 â 1836), having been born in Rockingham County, Virginia. Abraham had been given 210 acres of prime Virginian land from his father, John Lincoln, and later sold the land to move in the 1780s to western Virginia, now Kentucky.
The measurement of home runs, however, has long been an inexact science at best. For decades, measuring the gameâs longest home runs was a combination of guesswork, estimation, exaggeration and myth. Mickey Mantle was estimated to have hit one a staggering 653 feet in 1953, and another for about 643 feet in 1960.
Alex Rodriguez crushes the longest home run of the 2015 season so far (video) New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez has returned from his 2014 suspension without missing a beat. On Friday, A-Rod crushed two home runs, his third and fourth of the season. He wasn't done though, the Bronx Bomber also singled home a run in the eighth inning. Rodriguez raised his batting average in 2015 to .344 with a 1.213 OPS.