A run he hit in the 1923 world series against the giants was described by an awed sportswriter as " a wallop that sounded like a barrel of crockery being pushed down the stairs " .
In 1994 , your correspondent 's home in southern california was badly shaken by the northridge earthquake , which delivered a wallop of magnitude 6.7 and some of the highest ground accelerations ( up to 1.8g ) ever recorded .