Home Run Derby
 

I know these type of things aren't serious, but the announcing is extremely annoying. Josh Hamilton's hitting 550 foot monster blasts, and the 'announcers' aren't even talking about what's going on...

:mad:

I thought Puma was putting on a show earlier, Hamilton is fucking sick... :eek:

Joe Morgan, Chris Berman, and Steve Phillips? No wonder.

What's the record for a single round? Hamilton is up to 17 with two outs to go...

Anyone else feeling chills? Wow.

Amazing.

The anouncers finaly caught on

23 with STILL two outs to go!

Nice call, Morgan. Sure was close to being an out.

yeah - absolutely the best baseball moment in a while

That boy is no joke.

He's gonna reach 30, isn't he?

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Honestly, if Hamilton stayed on the straight and narrow, I have no doubt in my mind he'd be considered the best player in baseball right now.

They should just end it now. Let him just hit 'em all night.

Wait, John Madden is announcing baseball events now?

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For the love of pete!

SI

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Imagine if he had gone on that run on 9 outs. State Farm would NOT have been happy...

wow! just amazing!

That was absolutely amazing

SI

Mmm...

Sigh. The proper FOFC phrase is "Dat boy hit so good".

He was just messing around after like 8. He was joking around with people, didn't even care about getting in a rhythm. He hit even getting interrupted and everything.

SI

Well, what do you think I pay you for? Get to it!

Good rule. He gets a break to the finals unless someone else goes off.

That camera where they isolated his swing was really neat.

Easily one of the most memorable sports performances I've ever seen and it had nothing to do with a game situation.

Amazing.

fixed.

Damn, this wasn't even on my radar to watch - sounds like Larry Bird in the 3-point contest back in the day. And following up on the very entertaining NBA All-Star weekend this year - maybe we don't need the games anymore.

(And Reggie Jackson once again reminds us that he's as egotistical as always)

SI

Not that I've ever heard of...

I wonder who that asshat was.

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Didn't know Joe Mauer was President of the MLBPA.

Hamilton's coming back up?

I loved the "Where's Barry *" sign!

Hamilton's struggling in the finals...

Yeah...this is tough. I was afraid he was worn out a bit. Still a hell of a show regardless.

And he's done. Morneau wins...

I think the pitcher ran out of gas.

Great announcing...Berman first telling us that this great event is "not quite" like the World Series victories to these Yankee fans, and Morgan telling us that Hamilton told his pitcher to take some off it, which was a great idea, when we heard him tell the old man to throw the gold ball.

So am I going to hell for wondering if they can break a few bucks off that $50k check to get that little girl a lip waxing?

That dumb ass just called Morneau "Jason", way to look professional.

Yeah, you'd think for all the money State Farm pumped into the event, they'd make sure the guy got the name right.

I've been a fan of Josh Hamilton ever since I met him in the minors two years ago. It was one of his first games back and I had to go into the visiting clubhouse. He was traveling with Rick Vaughn, the Rays VP of Communications, at the time because it was such a national story. I was doing my best to avoid Hamilton until he walked right up to me, introduced himself, and we started talking. The guy is 6'4" and absolutely an intimidating presence but he was so soft spoken and upbeat it caught me off-guard. I have always rooted for him since that day and am happy for him tonight.

I can count on one hand the amount of times I've watched a sporting event (any competitive or not) and got chills.

Watching Hamilton hit in the first round did it. One of the more amazing things I've ever seen. I hope he stays on the straight and narrow and we get to see him in these for years to come. What a show.

While Morneau's win was classic Twins (workmanlike, unnoticed, overshadowed), might this lead to some sort of scoring change in the derby? I mean, it's just silly that Hamilton didn't win this thing. I don't know exactly what they should do, but it seems like starting from scratch in the finals is anti-climactic since everyone's worn out by then.

Maybe the thing ought to just be a one-round affair. Does it really need to go on for three hours? You might sacrifice a smidgen of drama, but once you're into the third hour everybody's tired of the whole thing anyway. You know... homers. We get it.

Shhhh...don't tell Schmidty I snuck in here, but I have to say that the derby was just freaking awesome tonight. He had taped it and I got caught up on it after work when I heard about Hamilton. What a story that guy has to tell and with the way he hit tonight, folks will listen. Just awesome...

*sneaking back to WW forums.

I'm telling!