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  • ehh
    Hall Of Fame
    • Mar 2003
    • 28962

    #16
    Re: Home Run Derby

    Yeah, Giambi declined. Boomer & Carton were ripping him this morning on WFAN because so many fans backed his campaign with mustache day at the Stadium and then he actually gets invited but turns it down.

    They were obviously blowing it out of proportion, but I can see both sides to the story.

    A) You're finally past the steroid mess, your public image is pretty good and then you basically slap the fans in the face who helped you campaign and wear 20,000 fake mustaches.

    B) You'd probably feel like a pretty big a-hole if you were the only active player at the entire All-Star festival who isn't an All-Star.

    I really would have liked to see him in it but I'm not pissed at him for it.


    YP, Yankees.com was still sending out e-mails as of this morning that tickets are still available for tonight. I'm kinda shocked it hasn't sold out yet but perhaps A-Rod and Giambi's absence (and a kinda weak field in general) has something to do with it.
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    • CMH
      Making you famous
      • Oct 2002
      • 26203

      #17
      Re: Home Run Derby

      Ah, ok, so MLB was going beyond their rule to invite a Yankees player? That's a nice gesture on their part.

      Too bad Giambi declined but I understand his reasoning. It's his break and why come down for one day?
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      • windseer90
        Cy Young?
        • Jul 2006
        • 1917

        #18
        Re: Home Run Derby

        I got either Berkman or Uggla winning it
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        • av7
          Hall Of Fame
          • Dec 2007
          • 11408

          #19
          Re: Home Run Derby

          Berkman would be my first choice..Hamilton and Longoria I'd like to see win though
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          • SPTO
            binging
            • Feb 2003
            • 68046

            #20
            Re: Home Run Derby

            Originally posted by Kashanova
            yeah same thing happen to abreu few years back i dont call it being a wuss, i do see this though

            *pop up to third base, HA! and they let the ball drop. I can't believe what i just saw*
            Ok other then Abreu name a guy who struggled at the plate after participating in the HRD if it's soooo liable to mess up someone's swing.
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            • snepp
              We'll waste him too.
              • Apr 2003
              • 10007

              #21
              Re: Home Run Derby

              The "messing up the swing" bull**** is just that, bull****.

              These guys take those same cuts in BP all year long, the notion that a couple dozen swings in the derby is going to screw up their swing is asinine. It's a convenient excuse for either skipping it the first place, or to explain crapping the bed in the second half, nothing more.

              Half these guys probably golf too, why doesn't that screw up their swing?
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              • GoatEggs
                Rookie
                • Jul 2008
                • 3

                #22
                Re: Home Run Derby

                I think my boy Hamilton's got this.

                In batting practice he hits some of the most massive shots I've ever seen.
                Last edited by GoatEggs; 07-14-2008, 01:37 PM.

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                • NYJets
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 18637

                  #23
                  Re: Home Run Derby

                  Originally posted by snepp
                  The "messing up the swing" bull**** is just that, bull****.

                  These guys take those same cuts in BP all year long, the notion that a couple dozen swings in the derby is going to screw up their swing is asinine. It's a convenient excuse for either skipping it the first place, or to explain crapping the bed in the second half, nothing more.

                  Half these guys probably golf too, why doesn't that screw up their swing?
                  A-Rod does not spend BP trying to hit homerun after homerun.

                  I doubt he just doesn't want to be in it in his home ballpark, and I'm guessing he'll be there so it's not like he just wants to spend time with Madonna instead.
                  Originally posted by Jay Bilas
                  The question isn't whether UConn belongs with the elites, but over the last 20 years, whether the rest of the college basketball elite belongs with UConn

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                  • snepp
                    We'll waste him too.
                    • Apr 2003
                    • 10007

                    #24
                    Re: Home Run Derby

                    Right, Arod is the first slugger in history that doesn't spend any time putting balls into the seats in BP. Even Ichiro, the most extreme OCD player in the league when it comes to equipment and routines, spends time parking balls in BP.

                    It's an excuse, that's all there is to it. Do you suppose it's possible that he just doesn't want to do it?
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                    • sbauer318
                      MVP
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 2511

                      #25
                      Re: Home Run Derby

                      There has been other players that were invited to the Derby, but weren't actually All-Stars. Rafael Palmeiro in 2004 was one that I came up with off the top of my head. It's not just a Yankee thing.
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                      • NYJets
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 18637

                        #26
                        Re: Home Run Derby

                        Originally posted by snepp
                        Right, Arod is the first slugger in history that doesn't spend any time putting balls into the seats in BP. Even Ichiro, the most extreme OCD player in the league when it comes to equipment and routines, spends time parking balls in BP.

                        It's an excuse, that's all there is to it. Do you suppose it's possible that he just doesn't want to do it?
                        Not the whole BP. He spends a lot more time trying to hit the ball the other way, go up the middle and hit line drives.

                        He might take a couple swings at the end trying to hit the ball out, but that is a lot different then doing the home run derby where if you win it you probably are taking 30+ swings in a row just trying to hit homeruns

                        Look anything is possible, I don't have the mind reading power that you apparently have to tell for sure if he's telling the truth.
                        Originally posted by Jay Bilas
                        The question isn't whether UConn belongs with the elites, but over the last 20 years, whether the rest of the college basketball elite belongs with UConn

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                        • snepp
                          We'll waste him too.
                          • Apr 2003
                          • 10007

                          #27
                          Re: Home Run Derby

                          That fine, if you want to believe 30 swings out of the thousands upon thousands they take over the course of the year is going to screw them up, feel free.
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                          • NYJets
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 18637

                            #28
                            Re: Home Run Derby

                            Originally posted by snepp
                            That fine, if you want to believe 30 swings out of the thousands upon thousands they take over the course of the year is going to screw them up, feel free.
                            I mean it's pretty ridiculous to not feel that it could be a legit concern for some guys.

                            Players go through slumps, get in bad habits, and have to make adjustments all the time, throughout the course of the year even when they aren't trying to change their swing. But a homerun derby couldn't possibly **** them up?
                            Originally posted by Jay Bilas
                            The question isn't whether UConn belongs with the elites, but over the last 20 years, whether the rest of the college basketball elite belongs with UConn

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                            • ehh
                              Hall Of Fame
                              • Mar 2003
                              • 28962

                              #29
                              Re: Home Run Derby

                              Originally posted by snepp
                              That fine, if you want to believe 30 swings out of the thousands upon thousands they take over the course of the year is going to screw them up, feel free.
                              Tell that to Bobby Abreu.
                              "You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier

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                              • av7
                                Hall Of Fame
                                • Dec 2007
                                • 11408

                                #30
                                Re: Home Run Derby

                                Originally posted by SPTO
                                Ok other then Abreu name a guy who struggled at the plate after participating in the HRD if it's soooo liable to mess up someone's swing.
                                Only thing to drop off after the derby, beisdes Abreu, was power for Garret Anderson and David Wright but they still produced runs via RBI. Their averages maintained relatively well.

                                I dont really buy into the 'curse'
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