SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The ball flies in Arizona. Prospects love hitting in the thin air, as they're perpetually rewarded for tapping into loft and crushing pitches a long ways. But sometimes, you have to get creative.

Dante Nori 's first Fall League home run traveled 414 feet off the bat ... and then a whole bunch more in the direction from whence it came after it caromed off the top of the right-center-field fence. Somehow, some way, despite coming off the bat at 101.8 mph with a 29-degree launch angle, the ball stayed in the yard. So Nori, the Phillies' No. 6 prospect , took things into his own hands.

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"As soon as it left the bat, I knew it had a chance," said Nori. "I was like, 'I don't know if it'll barely squeak out.' I hit it to the deepest part

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