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IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 06:21 PM

Pitbull with the "anthem." Showing a handful of MFY home runs in the "New York home runs" montage leading the telecast. It's like they're DARING me to hate this.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 06:26 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

The booing of Cano and the standing O for Sugar go a long way to leaven that burgeoning hatred. Bring on the stupid-- I'm on drink number two, with a bullet!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 06:40 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Cuddyer acquits himself quite well there, with 7 first-round runs de home. Nepotism 1, Stupid French-Fry-Sandwich Lovers 0.

metirish Jul 15 2013 06:40 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Cespedes is putting on a show. Gotta say, City Field looks beautiful in the setting sun.

Ashie62 Jul 15 2013 06:44 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Cespedes is a monster

Ashie62 Jul 15 2013 06:45 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

First time I have seen Citi full and the fans paying attention to the action

metirish Jul 15 2013 06:45 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

#15 looked so easy and he smashed it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 06:45 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

GOOD LORD, he is nasty. (I'm a little behind, on DVR.)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 06:49 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

17? Holy Christ. Correct me if I'm wrong-- nobody here's EVER seen one hit off the third deck... not even in BP, right?

metirish Jul 15 2013 06:52 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Kinda feel for Alverez having to follow that.

metirish Jul 15 2013 07:03 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Davis his bombs without even swinging hard it seems, crazy.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 07:15 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

That opposite-field "mistake" swing was kinda nuts. Also kinda nuts-- the tween girl in center. She's a bruiser, isn't she?

Frayed Knot Jul 15 2013 07:18 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

There's no sport/activity that Chris Berman can't make worse simply by his presence.

metirish Jul 15 2013 07:21 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Frayed Knot wrote: There's no sport/activity that Chris Berman can't make worse simply by his presence. agree, although he does seem to have mellowed out quite a lot.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 07:24 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

I think that's the unpublicized prescription-painkiller addiction talking. Brown Fauxhawk out in the first round, as White Fauxhawk puts up an 8. So, will Pirates fans boo Pedro Alvarez the next time they see him, or will they boo David Wright for choosing him?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 07:34 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Somehow, this is the first time BetterHalfer-- no big Derby fan, and NOT a football fan-- is hearing Berman. The reaction: "Who IS this guy? I mean, are you KIDDING me?" I've scarcely been prouder of who I married.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 07:36 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Think Sugar's feeling a little blood-pressure-spike?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 07:43 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Bah. Still love ya, guy.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 07:53 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

HEY! PIAZZA! His electrolysis/facial guy is fantastic!

metirish Jul 15 2013 08:31 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

The Home Run Derby is starting to drag on just a little bit, rooting for a good final round.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 08:46 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

This is long. Are these normally this long? Because this is looooong.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 08:49 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

That was the daddest of all dad commercials, that Chevy-dad one was.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 08:59 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

PUNTO DE EXCLAMACION

Gwreck Jul 15 2013 09:17 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: 17? Holy Christ. Correct me if I'm wrong-- nobody here's EVER seen one hit off the third deck... not even in BP, right? Exactly. I counted 5 by Cespedes up there.

MFS62 Jul 15 2013 09:21 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Since MLB honors everything that isn't under investigation, how about having the major league pitcher who has given up the most home runs prior to the All Star game throw out the first pitch of the Home Run Derby? Later

metirish Jul 15 2013 09:23 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Chaos as the 7 train is not running, God, I would hate to be stuck in that mess.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 15 2013 09:55 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

So who won? I assume Cespedes but tuned out after Wright hit.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2013 10:06 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Yep, Cespedes... in style, with the clincher in the shape of a 440-footer to dead center, over the apple.

Swan Swan H Jul 15 2013 10:35 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Ashie62 wrote: First time I have seen Citi full and the fans paying attention to the action You should have been there on Opening Day, or July 3.

themetfairy Jul 15 2013 11:27 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

D-Dad caught one of Bryce Harper's first round homers -

Ceetar Jul 15 2013 11:39 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

metirish wrote: Chaos as the 7 train is not running, God, I would hate to be stuck in that mess. Yeah..that was a mess..and I didn't even take the train, but the traffic people were just as inept, refusing to let me use the Grand Central anywhere I went. Took a friend home that'd parked at Secaucus and taken the train. as I pulled into the station people were streaming off the train in All-Star stuff, so either these were the bright people who took the LIRR or the trains basically caught up.

Nymr83 Jul 16 2013 06:09 AM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

David just didn't want to mess up his swing by going for the fences. He could have won the thing if he tried!

metirish Jul 16 2013 06:09 AM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

That's a great shot Ceetar......

Ashie62 Jul 16 2013 06:15 AM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Swan Swan H wrote: Ashie62 wrote: First time I have seen Citi full and the fans paying attention to the action You should have been there on Opening Day, or July 3. True..it would be nice if the answer was more than two however..Hope you were there!

Ceetar Jul 16 2013 07:15 AM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

metirish wrote: That's a great shot Ceetar...... thanks, all credit to the canvas though.

cooby Jul 16 2013 08:23 AM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

WTG, D Dad!

themetfairy Jul 16 2013 08:38 AM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Thanks cooby - he was thrilled

MFS62 Jul 16 2013 08:40 AM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Was at work and missed the competition. Just saw some video. When a ball was heading toward the stands, the scoreboard showed "BACK ... BACK ... BACK". I guess they thouht that fans attending the game would really miss Chris Berman's call. Later

Edgy MD Jul 16 2013 08:48 AM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

It's a rarity in sports: an event that seemingly made for a great live spectacle but turgid and drudging TV fare.

Swan Swan H Jul 16 2013 09:01 AM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

Edgy MD wrote: It's a rarity in sports: an event that seemingly made for a great live spectacle but turgid and drudging TV fare. It really was a hoot watching shots travel to parts of the park I've yet to see, although I assume guys do it in BP quite often. Cespedes hit some line drive homers that really had to be seen live to be appreciated. There was stuff going on during the TV breaks. Two high school kids competed and hit several monster shots with their non-wood (I have no idea what 'aluminum' bats are made of these days) bats. They actually went 9 and 8 in their first round (same format as the MLB guys) and 5 and 4 in the second, which was ten swings, homer or out. There were the usual scoreboard videos, a Frisbee-catching dog act (really) and the time passed pretty quickly for us. Getting home on the train was another story, but you can't really anticipate a track fire, can you? At least we saved $21 on LIRR fare, as they were just letting people onto the platform without taking tickets.

Zvon Jul 16 2013 12:39 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

themetfairy wrote: D-Dad caught one of Bryce Harper's first round homers - This is crazycool!

themetfairy Jul 16 2013 12:50 PM Re: IGT: Home Run Derby 2013

:)