2011-07-11 Homerun Derby

[Glennron]

What would be more surprising as a player, Omar Infante being told he made the ASG last year, or Sam Fuld being asked if he'd like to be a part of ESPN's HR Derby production.

[Patrick425]

What a bunch of haters.

You mean all the Berman haters??

 

Geez, people really have strong opinions about announcers!!

 

I was enjoying the broadcast until I came on this board and read all the "joy-kill" messages.

[dlk9s]

Adrian Gonzalez isn't even trying and he's still hitting bombs.

[Glennron]

Anyone else ever think Adrian Gonzalez kind of looks like Dante from Clerks?

[FoxyFoxes]

Anyone hear any "back back backs" yet. i dont think i have but im only half ways paying attention

[Funketown]

Anyone hear any "back back backs" yet. i dont think i have but im only half ways paying attention

Only a couple from Berman. There hasn't really been a true mashed ball yet though.

[dlk9s]

Interesting. According to ESPN.com, every NL player in the derby averages over 400 feet per homer this year. None of the AL players do.

[dlk9s]

Anyone else ever think Adrian Gonzalez kind of looks like Dante from Clerks?

He should be #37.

[Invader3K]

Stupid chat room won't let me log in. Keeps saying I'm an unregistered guest.

[jjgott]

Yikes a swing and miss for Rickie

[stoutdude04]

Some ugly hacks from Weeks.

[dlk9s]

Trying WAY too hard.

[Invader3K]

Maybe next time, Rickie.

[theavrock]

well that was disappointing. Was hoping for a better showing from Rickie.

[fondybrewfan]

Defintely tried to hard; had a huge uppercut

[Glennron]

Prince only had 3 his first time, who knows. I was afraid of him getting shut out after those first few swings.

[hawing]

Anyone hear any "back back backs" yet. i dont think i have but im only half ways paying attention

Only a couple from Berman. There hasn't really been a true mashed ball yet though.

Let's take up a collection to get Berman a thesaurus.

Well, at least Rickie can't do worse than tied for last.

 

[Bombers]

Hawing - you must have the inside scoop as this was posted before Bautista came to the plate - nice

[Bombers]

Spoke to soon - when he was at 2 with 9 outs I thought he was going to end with 3 too

[PeaveyFury]

I get that they're upset that one of their guys wasn't chosen and all, but booing a guy in his first one and basically ruining the experience for him seems extraordinarily classless.

[Funketown]

I get that they're upset that one of their guys wasn't chosen and all, but booing a guy in his first one and basically ruining the experience for him seems extraordinarily classless.

Yeah, without trying to sound like a Cardinals fan, I've gotta say that was pretty weak. Heck, Upton has only hit 32 HR's the last two seasons to Weeks' 46.

[Oldcity]

What are the DBacks fans even mad about? 14 players in the NL have more homers than Upton. If this wasn't in Arizona, nobody would have even considered him.

[Oldcity]

Looks like Rickie won't be the goat after all.

[Raw Biz]

Well just because you hit a lot during the season doesn't mean you are going to be good at the derby. Just look at Kemp...

[dlk9s]

The whole in-derby twitter thing MLB promoted is such a fail. It's all tweets by some (likely) intern, devoid of information or entertainment.