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.
The Major League record for most home runs hit in a single game by both teams seems modest, considering the record for one team is ten. On two occasions, in 1995 and 2002, the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox, in American League games, combined to hit twelve home runs.