2024 MLB Home Run Derby + All Star Game Thread

[cl smooth]

Starting it off on the wrong note:

https://x.com/jomboymedia/status/1813005231363616990?s=46&t=_50gu6KumGTqH3Nqm7hKzg

[Irrelevant Dude]

This home run derby is boring.

[NorthsideAvenger]

14 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

This home run derby is boring.

Last HR Derby I saw from start to finish was the Sammy Sosa in Milwaukee. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

3 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Looks exhausting! Garcia looked wiped out at the end. Has there always been a timer? 

In recent years, it has been completely timer-based without the pitch limit, so it is actually much less frantic this year.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

James Russell being a Home Run Derby pitcher is multiple traumas I was not prepared for

[Rex Buckingham]

Why did they ever go away from the 10 out format?

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Why did they ever go away from the 10 out format?

because in their stupid brain, 79 homers is more exciting than 25

[soccer10k]

37 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Why did they ever go away from the 10 out format?

Because it was boring watching guys take pitch after pitch after pitch waiting for the perfect one, then only hitting like 4 home runs anyway.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

21 hours ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

This home run derby is boring.

They all are

[Derwood]

National Anthem singer checked herself into rehab after her performance.

No, seriously