Open Thread: 2008 Home Run Derby
by SC
on Jul 14, 2008 7:32 PM EDT
Dig the psychotic smile of Florida Marlins All-Star second baseman Dan Uggla!
Lefties will obviously have the advantage at Yankee Stadium tonight. I'm going with Justin Morneau.
In fact, let's make some picks:
Winner?
Most home runs in a single round by any player (number of homers, that is)?
Player who hits the least home runs in the first round?
Player who hits the most home runs in the first round?
Over/Under: Number of references to Josh Hamilton's checkered past -- 3.5
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my picks
Winner: Morneau
Most home runs in a single round by any player: 11
Player who hits the least home runs in the first round: Uggla
Player who hits the most home runs in the first round: Hamilton
Over/Under of 3: Under
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 14, 2008 7:34 PM EDT 0 recs
and of course
The Tarasco clip.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 7:50 PM EDT 0 recs
PICKS
Winner: Utley
Most home runs in any round: 12
Least in the first: Uggla
Most in the first: Hamilton
Over/Under: 4
Let it be said that Hamilton’s story is told and told again, but never gets less incredible. That dude is the balls. It is one of those stories (like, yes, the 2004 ALCS) that is even more awesome than even ESPN can say.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Jul 14, 2008 7:57 PM EDT 0 recs
It’s an awesome story and I really like the guy. I’m not h8n.
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by SC on
Jul 14, 2008 7:59 PM EDT
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Peter Gammons: "I love 3 Doors Down."
You old douche.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 7:59 PM EDT 0 recs
stfu Berman
I HEARD THAT NEW YORK LIKES TO ROCK
IS THAT TRUE
I CAN’T HEAR YOU
THAT’S BETTER
IT’S GREAT TO BE IN NEW YORK
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:06 PM EDT 0 recs
ahahaha
CLASSIC moment. CLASSIC.
Utley introduced, reaches the line: “Boo? Fuck you.”
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:07 PM EDT 0 recs
oh fuck me, it's Joe Morgan
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:12 PM EDT 0 recs
oh my god
Berman, Morgan and Steve Phillips. God help us all.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:12 PM EDT 0 recs
Picks
Winner: Sizemore
Most in a round: 9
Least in the first: Berkman
Most in First: Utley
Over/Under Hamilton: 2
Nice F Bomb by Utley too.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 14, 2008 8:13 PM EDT 0 recs
I'm only going to count the Hamilton stuff during his ABs
Because that’s when they should be talking about something else.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:15 PM EDT 0 recs
Oh fuck me
It’s going to be two full days of Yankee lore.
Sometimes I forget how much I hate Captain Clutch.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 14, 2008 8:15 PM EDT 0 recs
man Uggla's doing better than I expected
I guess that pick won’t make it, ‘cause someone’s always bound to fart out.
4 with 3 outs.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:24 PM EDT 0 recs
Breaks???
There aint no friggin breaks. Stay in the box.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 14, 2008 8:25 PM EDT 0 recs
"Ah, shit!"
They bleeped that one.
THEN THAT KID BIFFED IT
HAHAHA
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:26 PM EDT 0 recs
Uggla with 6
Not bad, not bad.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:27 PM EDT 0 recs
how come there's no Ichiro
I hear he hits home runs at will. He just prefers to hit ground balls to second base. ‘Cause that’s playing the right way.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:29 PM EDT 0 recs
He calls a great game too
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by BirdFanInPhilly on
Jul 14, 2008 8:30 PM EDT
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what kind of personality does Sizemore have to succed, Peter
You cracker assholes.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:29 PM EDT 0 recs
446 on Sizemore's second
Jesus.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:30 PM EDT 0 recs
oh shut the fuck up, Reilly
“Holy cow, who needs steroids???”
Duhr huhr huhr!
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:31 PM EDT 0 recs
Oh Steve...
Did you really say that??? Who needs steroids>
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 14, 2008 8:31 PM EDT 0 recs
it was dopey Rick Reilly
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by SC on
Jul 14, 2008 8:31 PM EDT
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Oh
Sounded like Philips to me. Both content and voice
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by BirdFanInPhilly on
Jul 14, 2008 8:33 PM EDT
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459 on Sizemore's third
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:31 PM EDT 0 recs
STOP TALKING TO DAVID FUCK ORTIZ
Sizemore just hit a 453-foot home run.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:32 PM EDT 0 recs
RED SOX YANKEES RED SOX YANKEES RED SOX YANKEES RED SOX YANKEES
Meanwhile Sizemore is mashing shit.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:33 PM EDT 0 recs
Sizemore is hitting some tape measure shit.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:34 PM EDT 0 recs
Forced it???
That thing is on Long Island right now
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 14, 2008 8:34 PM EDT 0 recs
Yeah but you don’t understand, man. Not every player starts grunting and wearing out toward the end of these things every round. It’s only this guy.
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by SC on
Jul 14, 2008 8:35 PM EDT
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good lord
Those two rope shots down the right field line were hit crazy hard.
Six for Sizemore.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:35 PM EDT 0 recs
wow, Berman
Talk about forcing it.
“(Sizemore’s) favorite band, we heard 3 Doors Down earlier. He said his favorite band is The Doors. Some of those homers were of the ‘light my fire’ variety.”
What the fuck does that even mean?
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:36 PM EDT 0 recs
wait, MasterCard
A rock legend like Kenny Chesney?
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:37 PM EDT 0 recs
I wish more people were on
The HR derby and this collection of numbskulls just works perfectly with open threads.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:39 PM EDT 0 recs
The derby is probably the best meaningless All-Star event in any sport.
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by BirdFanInPhilly on
Jul 14, 2008 8:41 PM EDT
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It’s totally overtaken the dunk contest which died when Harold Miner got in there.
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by SC on
Jul 14, 2008 8:42 PM EDT
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The 3-point contest has surpassed the dunk contest.
I mean guys wearing costumes now???
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by BirdFanInPhilly on
Jul 14, 2008 8:43 PM EDT
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Longoria up
Popped one opposite field.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:40 PM EDT 0 recs
looks like we have our egg-layer
And they’re saying it’s because he’s nervous surrounded by the ghosts of old fat ballplayers and drunks.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:42 PM EDT 0 recs
they're booing Longoria
Such class from the Yankee fans! What a great collection of wonderful fans! They’re so appreciative!
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:43 PM EDT 0 recs
Well, they boo'ed Utley too
But I guess that’s the classy Mets fans.
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by BirdFanInPhilly on
Jul 14, 2008 8:43 PM EDT
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New York's a cesspool
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by SC on
Jul 14, 2008 8:44 PM EDT
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woof
He just rocked a couple.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:43 PM EDT 0 recs
hi, Miggi!
How’s your AARP membership?
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:44 PM EDT 0 recs
y'know
I think they should let all past winners, if active, compete in the HR derby if they want to. Even if they didn’t make the game. Like the Masters and shit.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:44 PM EDT 0 recs
Ehh.... Do that on Wednesday.
Worst sports day of the year.
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by BirdFanInPhilly on
Jul 14, 2008 8:46 PM EDT
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top five reasons Evan Longoria didn't shine
1. Fear of Yankee Stadium.
2. Overwhelming nature of New York itself.
3. Too excited!
4. Lack of home run-producing personality like Sizemore’s.
5. Plays for Devil Rays.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:46 PM EDT 0 recs
5. NOT! Never played for Devil Rays!
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
by Titov on
Jul 15, 2008 5:36 PM EDT
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earlier, Joe said that Utley being a line driver hitter will make him win
That seems reasonable.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:47 PM EDT 0 recs
come on, Erin Andrews
Stop calling him “Boom.”
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:48 PM EDT 0 recs
Phillies BP pitcher blows
Utley has taken 2 pitches for each swing
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by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 14, 2008 8:48 PM EDT 0 recs
yeah, he's been off
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by SC on
Jul 14, 2008 8:49 PM EDT
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nice catch, kid
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:49 PM EDT 0 recs
everyone's lover Chase Utley is farting out
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:50 PM EDT 0 recs
well there's a couple hope-savers
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:51 PM EDT 0 recs
5 for Utley
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:51 PM EDT 0 recs
Guess there is a little difference between CBP and Yankee Stadium
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by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 14, 2008 8:52 PM EDT 0 recs
That was kind of a disturbing commercial
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 14, 2008 8:56 PM EDT 0 recs
is that Jamie Quirk pitching to Berkman?
Together they are…QUIRKMAN
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:58 PM EDT 0 recs
Wow
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by BirdFanInPhilly on
Jul 14, 2008 8:59 PM EDT
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good lord
Berkman smoked that.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:58 PM EDT 0 recs
hey Berman
You fucking neanderthal.
Berkman’s batting lefty because he hits a lot better left-handed.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 8:59 PM EDT 0 recs
goddamn
Another moon shot.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 9:00 PM EDT 0 recs
and ANOTHER
Good LORD
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 9:00 PM EDT 0 recs
last HR: 476 feet
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 14, 2008 9:00 PM EDT 0 recs
WHAM
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 9:01 PM EDT 0 recs
Berkman got hot
New leader.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 9:02 PM EDT 0 recs
This is really the perfect storm of stupid baseball commentary
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by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 14, 2008 9:02 PM EDT 0 recs
GONE
Hell of a catch by that kid in the black seats, too.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 14, 2008 9:02 PM EDT 0 recs
8 for Berkman
Boy did he knock the shit out of some of those balls.
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by SC on Jul 14, 2008 9:02 PM EDT 0 recs
standings with three left
Berkman 8
Sizemore 6
Uggla 6
Utley 5
Longoria 3
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 14, 2008 9:04 PM EDT 0 recs
Can I just tell you
how much more enjoyable the XM Radio commentary is? It’s Berman and Morgan-free, so that’s a plus. Dan Shulman (?) does the play by play, and enough interviews from the field to keep things interesting.
Just sayin’.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on Jul 14, 2008 9:08 PM EDT 0 recs
Wow! All White Guys???
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by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 14, 2008 9:08 PM EDT 0 recs
Rick Reilly
pointing out there’s no brothers or Latinos on the picks to be here.
Damn, Rick, preach!
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on Jul 14, 2008 9:09 PM EDT 0 recs
what the fuck
“We’ve got eight white guys here!”
This is the worst fucking discussion ever. Rick Reilly is a retard.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 14, 2008 9:09 PM EDT 0 recs
Actually...
I think he’s right. It might be a coincidence, but it’s not good.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
Jul 14, 2008 9:10 PM EDT
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it's pointless
This is not about race. These guys hit home runs and wanted to be in the derby.
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by SC on
Jul 14, 2008 9:11 PM EDT
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To us it's not
But we’re 20-something and 30-something old white guys. Wonder if all the players and if minority fans feel the same way….
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
Jul 14, 2008 9:12 PM EDT
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Karl Ravech.....
stop defending the indefensible. Rick’s right.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on Jul 14, 2008 9:09 PM EDT 0 recs