Frank Howard Dies

 Washington Post: Frank Howard, the Washington Senators’ ‘Capital Punisher,’ dies at 87 - One of baseball’s most feared hitters, the gigantic slugger belted the final home run for the old Washington Senators in 1971 By Matt Schudel

At 6-foot-7 and about 270 pounds, he was a towering force on an otherwise forgettable team, launching monumental home runs that sometimes flew more than 500 feet.