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This opening, with the players arriving out of box is kinda strange. Are they all crowded in there?

Pete! I love that "Working Man" is his walk up song.

Well, not the strongest version of the anthem.

Gunnar Henderson has a Scooby-doo bat. The hosts doing their Scooby-doo impressions is a low point for ESPN. Yikes. This can get better.

I don't know. ESPN has had a lot of low points over the years.

Like, scraping bottom.

Alec Bohm started slow. Got better as he went. Gets 20, then bonus pitches. Finishes with 21.

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2024 8:28 pm I don't know. ESPN has had a lot of low points over the years.

Like, scraping bottom.

Good call.

Bobby Witt Jr. also starts slow, hits a groove and finishes one behind Bohm.

Adolis Garcia looked gassed, got jammed by his pitcher, finishes with 18.

Teoscar Hernandez hits 19 -- and Pete is coming soon!

Pete looks tight , struggled, I'm done

Pete flames out! Never got on a good run!

Jauss must be hiding an injury

Jose Ramirez ties for the lead with 21.

Ramirez looking pretty tired here.

And he sends Bobby Witt Jr. to the finals!

A "swing off" between Bohm and Teoscar to see who goes to the finals.

And it's Teoscar and Bobby Witt, who seems to have full mullet.

Oh my. The "Let's get ready to rumble" guy. Didn't realize he was still around.

Bobby Witt falls shy by one - Teoscar Hernandez wins the derby. Pretty disappointing once Pete flamed out.

It was all downhill after that National Anthem, anyway here is Meatloaf at the 94 ASG ,is that Saberhagen

It'd be tough to think of something lower on the list of things I give a shit about than the home run derby.

Fman99 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:21 am It'd be tough to think of something lower on the list of things I give a shit about than the home run derby.

Watched Pete. Then turned it off. Agree it's kinda boring.

I think there's ways you can make it fun though. For HR derby, you can switch it up year to year between an individual competition and AL vs. NL. Five guys, 20 swings each or something like that. You can have a skills competition. Bunting. Fielding. You can set up a course where you field a ball then fire it at target. Make it fun.

I don't know that it would be enough to get Fman to watch. Maybe if the losing team wives/GF's then had to walk around the outfield topless.

I think a broad range of skills competitions would be great, and I imagine they know it would be great, but can't bear the risk of guys hurting themselves in the Dash Around the Bases or the Outfield Arm Competition.

The competitions would have to be accuracy based (land your bunt on this spot, throw at a small target from distance) rather than who can throw/run faster.