2010-07-12 Homerun Derby, 7:00 PM CDT

[pretendastronaut]

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NL Participants

1. Corey Hart, MIL
2. Matt Holliday, STL
3. Hanley Ramirez, FLA
4. Chris Young, ARI

AL Participants

1. Miguel Cabrera, DET
2. David Ortiz, BOS
3. Nick Swisher, NYY
4. Vernon Wells, TOR

[pretendastronaut]

According to McCalvy, Hart will be hitting third to start tonight.

[jjkoestler]

It certainly is a lineup loaded with star power.

[Invader3K]

It certainly is a lineup loaded with star power.

I don't get this complaint. I think it's a good mix of stars and newcomers.

[pitchleague]

it's certainly not full of big-time big contract boomers that can hit 'em 550-ft.

 

Maybe 475 ft. tops.

 

I'll predict tonight's winner will have a total (all rounds combined) of less than 30 HRs.

 

 

Round-by-Round, I'd go:

 

NL Participants

 

1. Corey Hart, MIL 7 (Hart advances in a swing-off)

2. Matt Holliday, STL 7

3. Hanley Ramirez, FLA 9

4. Chris Young, ARI 4

 

AL Participants

 

1. Miguel Cabrera, DET 6

2. David Ortiz, BOS 11

3. Nick Swisher, NYY 6

4. Vernon Wells, TOR 8

 

 

2nd round

 

Ortiz 7

Wells 4

Ramirez 7

Hart 3

 

 

 

Finals

 

Ramirez 6

Ortiz 5

[owbc]

The HR derby risks becoming the slam-dunk contest if they keep this up. I personally do not plan on watching the whole thing.

 

It is missing 1) the historically good HR hitters and 2) this year's best HR hitters. It is missing most of the top stars: Pujols, Howard, Josh Hamilton, and Prince. It only has 2 of the top 10 HR hitters from 2010. That's absolutely pathetic. The fanfare from ESPN has been low as well (primarily due to the World Cup). This should be one of the most boring and lowest-rated HR derbies in recent memory.

 

For the record, I'm predicting Miguel Cabrera with Vernon Wells as the runner-up. Ortiz will get tired after the first round.

[GB12]

I'll predict tonight's winner will have a total (all rounds combined) of less than 30 HRs.

That's not really going out on a limb there since only one winner has ever had more than 30.

[Funketown]

At least we can listen to Chris Berman's insightful commentary.

[jjkoestler]

At least we can listen to Chris Berman's insightful commentary.

You're with me, Leather.

[crewcrazy]

Sorry, but when you need to fill out the field with Chris Young and Nick Swisher, your contest is in trouble. I remain convinced Adam Dunn should be an All-Star every year, if only to compete in this contest. He's hit 266 home runs since 2004 (38 per year) and hasn't been an All-Star once in that stretch.

[thablingster]

That SportScience bit they just did about hitting home runs was pretty cool.

[Schlitz001]

Does anyone know what time they actually start hitting homeruns?

[PeaveyFury]

Holy off-key, dude from Train.

[Hofbraunhaus]

Wow, the Train lead singer's voice is really annoying

[jjkoestler]

That song was horrible. I thought it was only used in commercials.

[PeaveyFury]

David Ortiz not real happy about being booed....

 

What in the world has Joe Morgan done to keep getting on these HR derby broadcasts?

[trwi7]

Bobby Valentine takes Jose Ortiz to win it. I'll bet him $10 million that he doesn't win.

[derflotr]

Go Jose Ortiz!

[Invader3K]

Bobby Valentine just picked "Jose Ortiz" to win this thing.

[PeaveyFury]

Morgan picks Cabrera because his intro was best, Valentine picks JOSE Ortiz..... add in Berman and that makes a nice trifecta.

[Rhett16]

Jose Ortiz, lol. Classic.

[jjkoestler]

Lots of empty seats

[Invader3K]

I'm in the chat room if anyone cares to join me.

[trwi7]

Good thing Braun isn't in the Derby. What with the shadows and all.

[trwi7]

I always enjoy watching these n00b kids try to catch the flyballs.