2023 HR Derby

[Guadaloopy 11039]

Temp low 70s in Seattle.  Probably lower totals tonight.  And lulz at Luis Gonzalez winning the last HR Derby in SEA.  

[Rockethorn1978 6138]

I used to like watching the old HR derby on espn classic from the 40/50’s.

[Pato del Muerto 52701]

2 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

I used to like watching the old HR derby on espn classic from the 40/50’s.

Espn used to be good at finding good content. 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4798]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Run_Derby_(TV_series)

[InkaUtexas 26282]

So who we got? Just cuz I like him, going with Vlad Jr. Sucks he is paired vs. Betts. Would enjoy seeing him win it. 

 

[Scraps 13591]

Rooting for Vlady, Randy or Robert so they will probably all get beat rd 1 lol

[Zepol87 9215]

Lets go Adolis!!!

[tx 3 putt 77718]

Great job cardinals 

[Zepol87 9215]

Terrible pitches 

[mdmost 43112]

Poor dad is so nervous. 

[UTexasFight 9579]

Perez is horrendous is judging distance 

[UTexasFight 9579]

4 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Poor dad is so nervous. 

It’s so cool for a father/son “moment you’ll never forget” but terrible for a “I want to win this thing”

 

although Adley is still crushing it 

 

 

 

 

This is pretty cool.

just fucking around from the left side. And then almost perfect from the right 

Edited July 11, 2023 by UTexasFight

[Zepol87 9215]

2 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Perez is horrendous is judging distance 

Yea that has a chance for 440, it’s 411 instead. He fucking killed that round 

[Scraps 13591]

Perez is horrendous

[UTexasFight 9579]

In Seattle in august and just bought tickets for O’s/M’s right before this thing started. Hope to see some of that in real action 

[InkaUtexas 26282]

Damn impressive. I like this kid even though he is a AL East Rival. Plays with heart and love that Dad was the pitcher. Sister is pretty hot as well. 

[Blotto 23635]

Just now, InkaUtexas said:

Damn impressive. I like this kid even though he is a AL East Rival. Plays with heart and love that Dad was the pitcher. Sister is pretty hot as well. 

That was cool to see the switch hitting and just blasting off from the right side. And yeah the sister is looking good. 

[UTexasFight 9579]

Robert’s swing is so easy.

”easy power” is exactly right 

[mdmost 43112]

1 minute ago, UTexasFight said:

In Seattle in august and just bought tickets for O’s/M’s right before this thing started. Hope to see some of that in real action 

It's a great city and that's a perfect time to be there. Stadium is so easy to get to with the light rail. It's on my list after San Diego as next up in my baseball travel trips. 

[UTexasFight 9579]

Robert starting to actually swing hard now 

Edited July 11, 2023 by UTexasFight

[mdmost 43112]

Will always be the sweetest swing to ever grace that city.

[Vic Mackey 47203]

[UTexasFight 9579]

If Yordan could actually stay healthy, the all Cuban side of the bracket would be incredible 

[shadow_operative 15932]

i'm behind on my DVR, and just now finished Arozarena's round, and apparently he hit 19 home runs, not that I was able to process any one of them. ESPN's production lately has been as bad as it gets. i can't even tell what i'm watching. 

getting rid of the umpire and the time between pitches has made this impossible to watch. 

[Scraps 13591]

Is the 30 sec rd the Aaron Judge special balls?

[shadow_operative 15932]

wow, Adley. what a performance. 

malos, the fact that he was pausing and taking his time between pitches definitely helped him. removing the umpire has sped up this competition and hurt both the hitters and the viewing experience. damn. 

[miguelito 11333]

Olympia is the other direction, dumbass. A ball hit there would be foul.

[Biff Tannen 45761]

They should let them use metal bats.

[Guadaloopy 11039]

8 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

wow, Adley. what a performance. 

malos, the fact that he was pausing and taking his time between pitches definitely helped him. removing the umpire has sped up this competition and hurt both the hitters and the viewing experience. damn. 

Statcast broadcast is decent as each ball is tracked.  

[cmontexas 3298]

Just saw Adley, hope Jonah Heim enjoys his AllStar start bc I think that position is locked from now on

[Biff Tannen 45761]

That's my boy J-Rod!

[Scraps 13591]

Alonso not impressed

[BigOrange1 6476]

that was incredible. 

[InkaUtexas 26282]

Cold beer, making pulled pork, and the Derby. What a damn good night! 

Jrod was impressive. 

[Scraps 13591]

No way he will win cause this dumbass is doing a windup lol

Julios guy was just pumping them in standing still

[Dutchrudder 11156]

This format is weird, and that pitcher sucked for Alonso. 

[Biff Tannen 45761]

Griffey's record lives on!

[We’reTexas 1473]

50 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Damn impressive. I like this kid even though he is a AL East Rival. Plays with heart and love that Dad was the pitcher. Sister is pretty hot as well. 

 

@josie_rutsch, IMO. 

[miguelito 11333]

Hell yeah, WNBA all star game this Saturday. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[Michael Knight 13044]

the homerun derby might be the most boring thing ever, this is worse than the dunk contest

[Biff Tannen 45761]

I do miss the old format with 10 outs.

[tx 3 putt 77718]

26 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

the homerun derby might be the most boring thing ever, this is worse than the dunk contest

Skills challenge would be great 

[Helobious 9497]

7 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I do miss the old format with 10 outs.

That used to take hours and hours. The first HR derby with the timer (2017?) was electric. Hasn’t been as good since. There has to be some happy medium 

[dcar00 14506]

did some kid get nailed?  some kid not watching has a big chance of getting hurt bad with how hard some of these line drives are hit.

[tx 3 putt 77718]

Just now, dcar00 said:

did some kid get nailed?  some kid not watching has a big chance of getting hurt bad with how hard some of these line drives are hit.

that should be 15 extra seconds 

[Scraps 13591]

that should be 15 extra seconds 

Minute if they were wearing a Yankees or Dodgers hat

[dcar00 14506]

35 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

 

the espn2 feed at least shows the batter in one screen and graphics of where the ball is going and if it ends up being a HR in the other screen.

[Cairn Horn88 8295]

55 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Hell yeah, WNBA all star game this Saturday. 

[tx 3 putt 77718]

1 hour ago, miguelito said:

Hell yeah, WNBA all star game this Saturday.