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All-Star Game tied? Home run derby to settle it

Marshmallowmilkshake Mar 13 2022 08:06 AM

Among the items buried in the new CBA is a clause allowing a tied All-Star Game to be determined by a home run derby. [url]https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33479323/memo-indictates-home-run-derby-decide-all-star-game-winner-extra-innings

Edgy MD Mar 13 2022 09:25 AM Re: All-Star Game tied? Home run derby to settle it

So the players lifted after the third inning can't start pounding beer in the clubhouse, lest they be need in extra time. The sad part is that it's a tacit acknowledgment that the derby is a preferable exhibition to actually playing the game the way All-Star Games are played.

RealityChuck Mar 13 2022 06:33 PM Re: All-Star Game tied? Home run derby to settle it

I thought they should have done that in 2002, setting up something ad hoc.

Willets Point Mar 13 2022 08:00 PM Re: All-Star Game tied? Home run derby to settle it

Okay but the home run derby contestants have to face the best available pitcher from the opposing team. And they can strikeout.

Double Switch Mar 13 2022 09:46 PM Re: All-Star Game tied? Home run derby to settle it

To placate the NL, the HR tie-breaking derby should be pitchers v. pitchers. . . . . ... whoever gets an actual base hit wins the game.

Edgy MD Mar 14 2022 11:41 AM Re: All-Star Game tied? Home run derby to settle it

Willets Point wrote: Okay but the home run derby contestants have to face the best available pitcher from the opposing team. And they can strikeout. Sounds a lot like the All-Star Game.

Willets Point Mar 14 2022 12:06 PM Re: All-Star Game tied? Home run derby to settle it

Edgy MD wrote: Willets Point wrote: Okay but the home run derby contestants have to face the best available pitcher from the opposing team. And they can strikeout. Sounds a lot like the All-Star Game. Exactamundo!