2009-07-13 Home Run Derby : 7:05 PM CT

[pretendastronaut]

http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/derby.jpg

• Nelson Cruz
• Prince Fielder
• Adrian Gonzalez
• Ryan Howard
• Brandon Inge
• Joe Mauer
• Carlos Pena
• Albert Pujols

[craigharmann]

Nelson Cruz? Is there no one else available? Braun didn't want to participate?

[bucks2281]

They want 4 AL players and 4 NL players, so that excludes Braun.

 

Hopefully Pujols hits 60 homers and screws up his swing for the rest of the season.

[crewcrazy]

Cruz is tied for second in the AL in Home Runs with 22...he probably makes more sense than Joe Mauer, who only hit 3 HR in June and only has 1 so far in July.

 

I'm not too worried about Prince messing up his swing. His swing is already built to hit home runs, and the last time he was in the derby he wound up hitting 50 HR that year. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[bucks2281]

Agreed, crewcrazy. I'd be more worried about Braun participating in this event than Fielder. Prince will be fine.

[SeriesFinale]

Brewers have a pretty good ticket deal: $1 off loge outfield seats for the August 11-13 games for each homer Prince hits. I happen to be in ole Sconnie that week and was planning on going to the businessman's special that week, so I hope he crushes them in bunches.

[adamb100]

Chris Berman is going to be annoying.

[adamb100]

Man, why did we trade Cruz? He's hitting homers in the upper deck. :P

[DuWayne Steurer]

Nice show by Cruz there. 4th deck? That's nuts.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Why do they need to be talking to PUjols while prince is hitting?

[ecjimg]

thats not casey mcgehee pitchin to him. who is it?

[Schlitz001]

Pujols' comments on Prince were more informative than anything the ESPN guys have to say.

[trwi7]

thats not casey mcgehee pitchin to him. who is it?

Sandy Guerrero.

[owbc]

Nice showing by Prince. That should be enough to get to round #2

[hawing]

Pujols' comments on Prince were more informative than anything the ESPN guys have to say.

Point taken, but I'd rather watch Prince hit without a picture-in-picture of Baseball Jesus in the corner of the screen.

 

Anyone game for an in-derby chat? I'm in there, at least until Prince's next round (hawing said hopefully).

[brewdude15]

Gotta feel a bit sorry for Inge...0 dingers for the guy. Adrian Gonzalez was a disappointment...he only hit 2.

[razzzorsharp]

Prince makes it through.

[razzzorsharp]

Happy Youngster almost got Mauer's 5th HR there.

[dlk9s]

I hope Albert makes it to the next round because this is his day.

[dlk9s]

By the way, Albert's round will take forever because of all the time he'll spend admiring his shots.

[Vgmastr]

Berman's a joke. On every one of Albert's HR he was yelling and screaming about what a monster shot it was, and every single one barely made it out. Oh, and his third HR really wasn't, he shouldn't even be in the swing off.

[ryne100]

Why didn't Pujols pick Brad Lidge to pitch to him?

[derflotr]

And heeeeere comes Jesus

[adamb100]

Hey Chris Berman, this is the home run derby, not the Albert Pujols show.

[dlk9s]

I heard ESPN was going to shut down the broadcast if Pujols didn't make the second round.