Running Home Run Derby Thread

I love these things. Just not Berman. Wonder how many Pennsylvania cites the tub of goo will recite tonight?

Who's your pick for the Derby? I like Troy Glaus.

 

Troy's the man but I refuse to watch because of Berman. Dickhead.

 

Damnit!! You beat me to it. Except I was going to start the thread to mock it.

Wow, with Big-n-Rich opening the show, one would think there's nowhere to go but up.

 

With B-n-R there, the crowd at PNC gets nothing by my pittay.

 

As for the concept of a HR derby...I loved the old shows that ESPN used to show on weekday afternoons. But these days, the whole thing just feels old and cliched. What the hell can these guys do that we haven't seen?

 

Drop a bunt...

 

If it weren't for Berman, I might put it on in the background and ignore.
I have no interest in the thing. It lost what little interest/coolness it had years ago, and Berman makes it unwatchable.

 

Let them use aluminum bats. I'd love to see a shot over the Alleghany.

 

Talk about a home run ...

I covered a Little League B-tournament game — yes, yes, the pinacle to any career — and Local Team A is beating Local Team B 7-2 in the bottom of the 6th inning. Local Team B rallies to 7-5 and then puts runners on 1st and 2nd base with 2 outs. The team's biggest kid comes to the plate. I'm thinking 3-run home run, what a comeback!

Well, if by home run you mean single and 3-base error ... So the kid drills a liner into right field. The right field bends down and watches the ball roll between his legs to the fence. The runner at 2nd base scores easily, 7-6. The runner at 1st base trips over 2nd base and the batter, racing like the wind, steps on 2nd base and nearly runs past his teammate. But the kid gets up just in time and rounds 3rd and scores, 7-7. The batter keeps chugging as the defense fumbles and flobbles the ball. Batter slides into home without incident for a winning 3-run home run single/3-base error. Local Team B wins 8-7.

Easily more exciting than anything the MLB Derby will produce. And yes, it was the tournament's B Division. Hey, if the sports editor isn't willing to do it, how can he expect any future underlings to?

 

Perhaps mother nature will move into the area shortly and put an end to this bloated mess of an event.

 

Any chance you could bring the rain to this crappy high school all-star game I'm stuck covering?

Or how bout a home run? We haven't had a ball get within 20 feet of clearing a fence.