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Post by strummer8526 on Jul 14, 2008 20:50:07 GMT -5
I've never seen Yankee Stadium embrace a non-Yankee like they just did Hamilton. Unbelievable. I actually hope that by the end, he puts on out of the place.
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Post by PhillyHoya on Jul 14, 2008 20:53:43 GMT -5
I just worry about 2 things:
1. A repeat Bobby Abreu-post derby inability to hit a HR ever again.
2. That he's totally gonna fail a post-derby drug test.
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Post by sweetness on Jul 14, 2008 21:03:12 GMT -5
What he did in the 1st round was electrifying.
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Post by strummer8526 on Jul 14, 2008 21:10:05 GMT -5
And that 70 year old pitcher: that man deserves a trophy!
EDIT: As I typed that, like clockwork, one of the commentators had to say something dumbass. "A cocaine and heroine addict managed to hit 28 homeruns. It's a bad night to be an atheist."
What the hell is he talking about?
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Post by OnTheDL on Jul 14, 2008 21:17:24 GMT -5
I was about to type the same thing. I have been slowly lowering the sound as the night has gone on; I can only hear a whisper on the TV now, just to remind myself that the derby is still going on. The announcers are idiots. Another Berman "GET OUT". Some other comment about "choosing yet another 'white guy' this year". And then the atheist remark, among others. Ridiculous.
But Hamilton has been ridiculous.
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Post by PhillyHoya on Jul 15, 2008 0:35:17 GMT -5
Rick Reilly made a comment about the lack of hispanics early on because 5 of the last 7 or so winners have been hispanic and this lineup was rather white.
But yeah, glad I missed the first part because of Berman. I've gotten used to watching the derby on mute the past few years because of him.
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Post by PhillyHoya on Jul 15, 2008 0:36:33 GMT -5
And that 70 year old pitcher: that man deserves a trophy! EDIT: As I typed that, like clockwork, one of the commentators had to say something dumbass. "A cocaine and heroine addict managed to hit 28 homeruns. It's a bad night to be an atheist." What the hell is he talking about? From the sounds of it, Josh is a born-again as he gave the standard NASCAR-esque "I'd like to thank JC for giving me the chance to be here tonight..." after the record round.
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Post by Boz on Jul 15, 2008 8:35:09 GMT -5
Lost in the fawning over Hamilton's 28 is the fact that this might have been the worst HRD of all time. Before Hamilton I was half asleep. After Hamilton I was half asleep, even when he came up to bat again. The format needs a radical overhaul, as far as I'm concerned. The event has become about as tired as the slam-dunk contest. Baseball should do a skills competition instead of this (or in addition to it if they can't bear to let it go). A batter has to lay down a bunt to both sides, hit a single to all fields (or hit to a series of target zones), hit one out, etc., etc. Best time or fewest at bats wins, something like that. Similar drills for fielders. I'd watch....and that's saying something.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Jul 15, 2008 11:57:59 GMT -5
And that 70 year old pitcher: that man deserves a trophy! EDIT: As I typed that, like clockwork, one of the commentators had to say something dumbass. "A cocaine and heroine addict managed to hit 28 homeruns. It's a bad night to be an atheist." What the hell is he talking about? From the sounds of it, Josh is a born-again as he gave the standard NASCAR-esque "I'd like to thank JC for giving me the chance to be here tonight..." after the record round. Not really surprising, is it, given that he's a recovering drug and alcohol addict and many (most?) of the recovery programs have a strong religious component.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Jul 15, 2008 13:06:32 GMT -5
Lost in the fawning over Hamilton's 28 is the fact that this might have been the worst HRD of all time. Before Hamilton I was half asleep. After Hamilton I was half asleep, even when he came up to bat again. The format needs a radical overhaul, as far as I'm concerned. The event has become about as tired as the slam-dunk contest. Baseball should do a skills competition instead of this (or in addition to it if they can't bear to let it go). A batter has to lay down a bunt to both sides, hit a single to all fields (or hit to a series of target zones), hit one out, etc., etc. Best time or fewest at bats wins, something like that. Similar drills for fielders. I'd watch....and that's saying something. If they did something like that I might actually watch. As it stands, the HRD is so boring I didn't even know it happened until I read the board (not unlike many things in life....).
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Post by hifigator on Jul 15, 2008 16:36:21 GMT -5
Rick Reilly made a comment about the lack of hispanics early on because 5 of the last 7 or so winners have been hispanic and this lineup was rather white. But yeah, glad I missed the first part because of Berman. I've gotten used to watching the derby on mute the past few years because of him. Yeah, I couldn't believe that comment. It was in reference to Longoria being invited and was made after Evan only hit 3 out. He said, "nothing against Longoria personally, but I'm not sure about his selection. We've got 8 white guys. It looks like a Kiwanas Club meeting." Wow, my jaw dropped on that one. Suppose someone had made a comment about 8 black guys looking like a Rap contest, or 8 Hispanics looking like a Mariachi band. That was just amazing.
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Post by FewFAC on Jul 15, 2008 18:45:12 GMT -5
Baseball should do a skills competition instead of this (or in addition to it if they can't bear to let it go). A batter has to lay down a bunt to both sides, hit a single to all fields (or hit to a series of target zones), hit one out, etc., etc. Best time or fewest at bats wins, something like that. Similar drills for fielders. I'd watch....and that's saying something. And take a page from hockey? Broadcast by Don Cherry? For shame. I, for one, blame Canada for all this hockey hullabaloo.
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Post by strummer8526 on Jul 15, 2008 22:24:56 GMT -5
And that 70 year old pitcher: that man deserves a trophy! EDIT: As I typed that, like clockwork, one of the commentators had to say something dumbass. "A cocaine and heroine addict managed to hit 28 homeruns. It's a bad night to be an atheist." What the hell is he talking about? From the sounds of it, Josh is a born-again as he gave the standard NASCAR-esque "I'd like to thank JC for giving me the chance to be here tonight..." after the record round. Oh yeah he definitely is. He did the whole "thanking Jesus" thing (like Jesus is worried about the Major League Baseball Homerun Derby). But what I found more absurd was the "It's a bad night to be an atheist." I can understand it being a nice sort of event for a fan who may be a recovering addict--there's someone in the same boat doing something awesome. But was it specifically BAD for atheists? I'm doubting too many atheists were watching this guy hit homeruns thinking "Oh boy...this is rough for me." Also, I heard the tail end of his rant about lacking Latinos. It was another dumbass rant he went on. I normally don't like MLB commentating but last night was excruciating.
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Post by njhoya06 on Jul 15, 2008 23:52:57 GMT -5
Burrell would have already won this game five times for the NL. I can't believe people voted for Corey Hart.
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Post by Boz on Jul 16, 2008 9:31:37 GMT -5
And take a page from hockey? Broadcast by Don Cherry? For shame. I, for one, blame Canada for all this hockey hullabaloo. Actually, I was thinking about it being broadcast by Harry Shearer, doing his Gabbo voice, impersonating Vin Scully.
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