A Sea Of Red

Anyone going to BWW or somewhere else to watch this tonight?

If you can do it without the sound on. Chris Berman makes me want to vomit. Do you think he got a new shtick, or is he going to say 'back back back back!' 9500 times?

i'm picking adrian gonzalez - his power is underappreciated since he plays in that pitchers park in San Diego. he's got twice as many homers on the road then he does at home with just 18 more at bats on the road. if he played in a more hitter friendly park he'd probably be rivaling Pujols for the MLB lead.

wow did Brandon Inge ever suck tonight. Not one freaking homerun?! When was the last time that happened??

Adrian Gonzalez is a bum, second in all of baseball in home runs while hitting in a pitchers park for half the season and that's the best he could do?

flamesbball84 wrote:wow did Brandon Inge ever suck tonight. Not one freaking homerun?! When was the last time that happened??

Inge with fourth Derby bagel in this decade. Others: Jason Bay 2005, Bret Boone 2003, Troy Glaus 2001

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/ind ... lstar_game

Liberty4Life wrote:If you can do it without the sound on. Chris Berman makes me want to vomit. Do you think he got a new shtick, or is he going to say 'back back back back!' 9500 times?

Notice they had him doing interviews alsmost the entire show.

My opinion is that the Derby needs to be re-invented next year. It's way too long. Make it two rounds take the the total home runs. Not letting Josh Hamilton's first round count towards the final last year wasn't really fair.

IT was also really boring because of ST. louis's Stadium. Unlike some of the others, there is nothing unique about it. The dimensions are the same all the way around. No High Wall, No McCovey Cove, No Warehouse, Train Track, or anything really remotely intersting. Would have been more intersting the SKy dome

kel varson wrote:

Liberty4Life wrote:If you can do it without the sound on. Chris Berman makes me want to vomit. Do you think he got a new shtick, or is he going to say 'back back back back!' 9500 times?

Notice they had him doing interviews alsmost the entire show.

My opinion is that the Derby needs to be re-invented next year. It's way too long. Make it two rounds take the the total home runs. Not letting Josh Hamilton's first round count towards the final last year wasn't really fair.

IT was also really boring because of ST. louis's Stadium. Unlike some of the others, there is nothing unique about it. The dimensions are the same all the way around. No High Wall, No McCovey Cove, No Warehouse, Train Track, or anything really remotely intersting. Would have been more intersting the SKy dome

Fixing the HR derby:

First, the MLB should let non-all stars compete in the HR competition. If Jason Kapono can play in the NBA's 3-point competition, Adam Dunn should be allowed to slug HR's.

Second, get a pitching machine up there to throw a consistent pitch. The hitter gets five minutes beforehand to have the machine setup to his liking, then after that, it's 10 outs. And none of this 'taking pitches' stuff. A taken pitch is an out.

Third, the player with the longest home run advances a round (or the longest home run gets an additional point).

Fourth, every home run in the first round is worth one point. Every home run in the second round is worth two points. Every home run in the final round is worth four points.

And here are two more for fun: Any home run hit with 9 outs is worth one additional point. Any home run hit on consecutive pitches is worth an additional point.

Oh, and two more: MLB needs to replace the Little Leaguers they have shagging flies in the outfield with actresses and models. Like you wouldn't watch Jessica Alba screaming in terror as an Adam Dunn moonshot drops down on her like a grenade?

(Yes, I stole that idea from Bill Simmons. But it'd work!)

And last, to ensure that everyone is trying: the home run derby runner up has to take a drug test immediately after losing.

Liberty4Life wrote: (Yes, I stole that idea from Bill Simmons. But it'd work!)

Now I know why I disagree with you so often.

get rid of that stupid thing albert pujols had to do with a fan where he got to point where he wanted albert to hit a homerun. that took like 5+ minutes all for nothing...

flamesbball84 wrote: that took like 5+ minutes all for nothing...

Sorta like your mother describes your birth.....

Rocketfan wrote:

flamesbball84 wrote: that took like 5+ minutes all for nothing...

Sorta like your mother describes your birth.....

Sort of like what your mother says when you "visit" her in the bedroom every night?

flamesbball84 wrote:

Rocketfan wrote:

flamesbball84 wrote: that took like 5+ minutes all for nothing...

Sorta like your mother describes your birth.....

Sort of like what your mother says when you "visit" her in the bedroom every night?

Like LC, your jokes always come up short.....

Rocketfan wrote:

flamesbball84 wrote:

Rocketfan wrote: Sorta like your mother describes your birth.....

Sort of like what your mother says when you "visit" her in the bedroom every night?

Like LC, your jokes always come up short.....

Funny, that's what she said

The discourse in this thread certainly dropped rather quickly...