Home Run Derby

[wolf stansson]

I could live without the home run derby, but it's obviously a fun exhibition and good for the fans. I just heard that this year it's going global. 8 players from 8 countries compete for their country. ??? Why? I don't see the point. Why mess with it?

[wekse]

because it makes a great storyline.

[imb]

I like watching it just because there is always one guy who flips out and hits 10 500 foot bombs in a row.

[Omar]

Any chance Lee will be in the HR Derby?

[Outshined_One]

Any chance Lee will be in the HR Derby?

 

I'm guessing they'll have A-Rod represent the US.

[J.R.]

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[Butterscup1679666578]

I'm assuming this country representation thing is just to promote the World Baseball Classic next year, right?

[wekse]

you are correct.

[J.R.]

I'm assuming this country representation thing is just to promote the World Baseball Classic next year, right?

 

Yeah, they're using the absurd to promote the absurd.

[wolf stansson]

Why can't we just run the 8 best homerun hitters out there?

 

Manny, A-Rod, Texiera, Vlad

vs

D-lee, AP, Dunn, C-Lee

 

That's who I want to see.

[wekse]

i agree

[Cubway]

What does hitting the ball over the fence when someone lobs it up there mean anyway?

[wolf stansson]

I just saw a commercial for it on ESPNNews. I didn't catch them all, but I did see Tejada, Abreu, and Jason Bay. Seriously, Jason Bay is a good player, but just because Larry Walker is old and Canada no longer sports a premier hitter doesn't mean he should get in just for the token canadian factor.

 

Tejada is great, but one entry from the Dominican just ruled out some incredibly entertaining bats. I know it doesn't matter, but it's a lot of fun and this has made it far less entertaining.

[Brian]

Well, Lee is the Major League leader in home runs for Americans so I would hope he is the representitive.

[The G-Man]

Who cares! Bud Selig is a nut who is always looking to add twists to the game. He's proposing that next year during Interleague play, the pitcher hit in AL parks, and there be a DH in NL parks.

[ManEatingTarp]

The HR Derby has become the Slam Dunk Challenge...

 

yawn...

 

Maybe I'd watch if Jenny Finch was pitching...

[woodprior04]

It's bad enough that the All-Star game can possibly decide who wins the World Series, now this? Baseball is trying too hard. Stupid :x .

[Roast]

Well, Lee is the Major League leader in home runs for Americans so I would hope he is the representitive.

 

No he's not. Andruw jones is.

[burnt out cubbie fan]

Well, Lee is the Major League leader in home runs for Americans so I would hope he is the representitive.

 

No he's not. Andruw jones is.

He's from the Netherlands..

edit: a Caribbean island that is part of the Netherlands.. :D

Edited July 2, 2005 by burnt out cubbie fan

[Roast]

Well, Lee is the Major League leader in home runs for Americans so I would hope he is the representitive.

 

No he's not. Andruw jones is.

He's from the Netherlands..

 

...........................oh.

[rocket]

Well, Lee is the Major League leader in home runs for Americans so I would hope he is the representitive.

 

No he's not. Andruw jones is.

 

Andruw Jones isn't American. He was born in Curacao.

[Outshined_One]

I just saw a commercial for it on ESPNNews. I didn't catch them all, but I did see Tejada, Abreu, and Jason Bay. Seriously, Jason Bay is a good player, but just because Larry Walker is old and Canada no longer sports a premier hitter doesn't mean he should get in just for the token canadian factor.

 

Tejada is great, but one entry from the Dominican just ruled out some incredibly entertaining bats. I know it doesn't matter, but it's a lot of fun and this has made it far less entertaining.

 

I think Bay ends up actually being an All Star, though. Seriously, who else do the Pirates have?

 

As for the possibilities for each candidate...

 

Canada: Jason Bay (Conf.)

Dominican Republic: Miguel Tejada (Conf.)

Venezuela - Bobby Abreu (Conf.)

Curacao/Netherlands - Andruw Jones

Japan - Hideki Matsui

USA - Derrek Lee

Panama - Carlos Lee

Puerto Rico - Carlos Delgado

 

Kinda stinks that a bunch of guys who'd be fun to watch in this contest will be snubbed. Matsui's a questionable candidate, but knowing MLB, they'll be doing everything they can to pimp this freakin' thing internationally...

[PackLandVA]

If the "Homerun Derby" for some reason just happened to be on at the same time as the NBA's "Slam Dunk Contest", I'd probably watch something on the Home and Garden Network. :roll:

 

Both contests are old, boring and unfresh, regardless of the little twists they try to add to it. But if I were forced to watch one, it would [unfortunately] be the Slam Dunk Contest, simply because I wouldn't have to listen to that obnoxious Chris Berman guy. He really sucks, IMO, and he takes his suckiness up a notch for that contest. I mean, as another poster so eloquently stated: "What does hitting the ball over the fence when someone lobs it up there mean anyway?" :roll:

[OleMissCub]

If Lee competes I just hope it doesn't jinx him when he returns to the field.

[wolf stansson]

If Lee competes I just hope it doesn't jinx him when he returns to the field.

Or like Edmonds two years ago injures himself in the derby.