Who would you like to see in a home run derby?

[nate82]

I would love to see a home run derby of these ten players:

 

1. Babe Ruth

2. Adam Dunn

3. Russel Branyan

4. Jeromy Burnitz

5. Ryan Howard

6. Prince Fielder

7. Ken Griffey Jr.

8. Cecil Fielder

9. Rob Deer

10. Josh Hamilton

 

Who would win that HR Derby?

[razzzorsharp]

Branyan.

[jwaltz]

This may be an odd thought but I've always wanted to see Ichiro in a home run derby just to see something different.

[nate82]

This may be an odd thought but I've always wanted to see Ichiro in a home run derby just to see something different.

Inside the park home runs?

[brewdude15]

If you want to see something different, throw Micah Owings or Big Z in there...

[razzzorsharp]

I could go for metal bats.

[derflotr]

I could go for metal bats.

 

And tennis balls.

[dlk9s]

I could go for metal bats.

And tennis balls.

Golf balls.

[jwaltz]

Inside the park home runs?

 

Yup. See how far he can go before the kids in the outfield catch the ball.

[Fatter than Joey]

Just Branyan. Why would you want to watch anyone else launch bombs?

[DougJones43]

Branyan, Frank Howard, that teen that hit a 600-foot homerun, and some type of Robocop-style Russell Branyan cyborg.

[logan82]

Hank Aaron maybe?

[bullox]

I could go for metal bats.

16 year old Bryce Harper hit multiple 500 ft home runs with a metal bat at Tropicana Field in a High School home run derby. I think this would be a bit overboard.

[bucksbeat]

I'm all for metal bats. I want to see just how far a baseball can go. A ball being hit out of Miller Park and heading onto the freeway would be pretty interesting. JK

[BrewCrewForever]

Russell Branyan. I can't even think of anyone else I would want to watch more.

[jjkoestler]

Hank Aaron maybe?

 

Here's a clip of Aaron in a home run derby.

 

I'm glad I found these clips again. I remember watching reruns of the show as a kid in the late 80s.

[owbc]

Sammy Sosa managed to get 2 balls over the LF bleachers during the 2002 HR derby. They were caught by people on the sidewalk outside the stadium. One of them came in at 520 ft. He had a total of 4 HR over 500 feet out of his 12 total HR. Prince hit one 470 ft to right-center in 2005 that hit the road runner sign. It would have easily gone out of the ballpark and probably cleared the sidewalk if the sign wasn't in the way. As for the derby, Russell would have been awesome but it's great that Nelson Cruz got in. The Fielder/Howard/Pujols lineup is going to be great as well.

[razzzorsharp]

To be fair, Sosa played with a corked bat.

[hawing]

Sammy Sosa managed to get 2 balls over the LF bleachers during the 2002 HR derby. They were caught by people on the sidewalk outside the stadium.

Were the side panels open? I wasn't at the HRD (gave up my ticket for the S.O.'s nephew) and remember watching from my air conditioned living room as it stormed like mad in Milwaukee.

[bando1234]

Juan Pierre & Jason Kendall

[homer]

I was going to say Counsell and Kendall.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Hank Aaron maybe?

 

Here's a clip of Aaron in a home run derby.

 

I'm glad I found these clips again. I remember watching reruns of the show as a kid in the late 80s.

Watching that is hilarious. They pop up 50% of the pitches, and they go up there acting like it's an at-bat in a real game. Duke Snyder just swings and misses at BP pitches.

[saget]

Tony Gwynn Jr and Juan Pierre.

 

They'd both need to have about 30 outs a round so that there's a slight chance a ball sneaks over the wall.

[brewdude15]

I was going to say Counsell and Kendall.

Counsell pre-batting stance adjustment or Counsell post-batting stance adjustment?

[NYChez]

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