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Is it safe to say that the MLB Home Run Derby has lost its luster?

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Jul 12, 2010 9:17 PM
I have watched a grand total of zero minutes tonight, and there are zero (well one now) posts about it on here.
Jul 12, 2010 9:17pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:18 PM
without a doubt. As soon as the top tier sluggers lost interest in participating...so did I.
Jul 12, 2010 9:18pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:19 PM
There's actually been 2 threads about it, I believe.

It's just not that great anymore. You might as well let the dudes hit off a tee.
Jul 12, 2010 9:19pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:19 PM
I've been watching, but this is easily the worst group I've ever seen participate. I didn't know who was until tonight, and if I was to guess the 8 players who would be in it I might have hit 2.

What the hell are Vernon Wells and Chris Young doing in a home run derby?
Jul 12, 2010 9:19pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:22 PM
It's way too long for me to watch. 6 players, top 2 advance to finals, 1 hour and I'll watch it.
Jul 12, 2010 9:22pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:23 PM
the only reason I'm watching is to follow I 92's vbookie props.

and because Chris Berman is so so so funny....I just can't get enuff of his crazy nickname thing....it never gets old.


oh wait, yes it does.
Jul 12, 2010 9:23pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:37 PM
I'm actually watching and Bobby Valentine has got to be the worst excuse for an analyst I've ever heard. You must be bad if you're the worst and you're in the same group as Joe Morgan and Chris Berman.
Jul 12, 2010 9:37pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:40 PM
why you need three in the booth to call a slow moving exhibition like this is beyond me.
Jul 12, 2010 9:40pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:42 PM
It jumped the shark after it was discovered the players were taking steroids (honestly). Remember how great it was back in the late 90's to watch McGwire and Sosa knock the cover off the ball? Remember how you waited in anticipation to watch Big Mac hit it out of the stadium, across the street and down into the next zip code?
Jul 12, 2010 9:42pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:43 PM
We've had so many damn interviews as well. We missed several outs and homeruns because they had to have the camera on "Big Papi".
Jul 12, 2010 9:43pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:43 PM
Makes you miss the steroids
Jul 12, 2010 9:43pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:46 PM
the only recent interest I can recall is the year (two years ago?) when Josh Hamilton put on that monster display after he got back to the show.

They need one host, (Buck Martinez or Jon Miller or Karl Ravech), a much shorter format, and interview each hitter after his turn...a la the old "Home Run Derby" of the 60's/

or better yet, make it a Pro Am, with teams of pro's and celebrities, and you add their scores.
Jul 12, 2010 9:46pm
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Jul 12, 2010 9:56 PM
killdeer;421827 wrote:the only recent interest I can recall is the year (two years ago?) when Josh Hamilton put on that monster display after he got back to the show.

They need one host, (Buck Martinez or Jon Miller or Karl Ravech), a much shorter format, and interview each hitter after his turn...a la the old "Home Run Derby" of the 60's/

or better yet, make it a Pro Am, with teams of pro's and celebrities, and you add their scores.

This. Why does there even need to be different rounds? The fact that Josh Hamilton didn't win 2 years ago is just ludicrous.
Jul 12, 2010 9:56pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:02 PM
You also shouldn't have to be in the game to be in the derby. Dunn would make it worth watching.
Jul 12, 2010 10:02pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:04 PM
It's like a dunk contest....with lots of white guys.
Jul 12, 2010 10:04pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:06 PM
dave;421845 wrote:You also shouldn't have to be in the game to be in the derby. Dunn would make it worth watching.

This.
Jul 12, 2010 10:06pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:09 PM
The pitcher should be allowed to throw one high hard one per plate appearance. Guy hits three in a row here comes the chin music. Get a sponsor like Aspen Dental. I would tune in for that.
Jul 12, 2010 10:09pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:10 PM
Love the HR derby regardless of who is in it. I don't care how marketable or how popular the players are
Jul 12, 2010 10:10pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:11 PM
this should be a good final
Jul 12, 2010 10:11pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:11 PM
THE4RINGZ;421850 wrote:The pitcher should be allowed to throw one high hard one per plate appearance. Guy hits three in a row here comes the chin music. Get a sponsor like Aspen Dental. I would tune in for that.

^^^I like that...something like Kruk vs. Randy Johnson from the game a few years ago when Kruk was dancin' around in the box and turned his helmet around.

Now that was funny.
Jul 12, 2010 10:11pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:12 PM
Fuck Cory Hart. Took Miguel Cabrera to top him in round 1 for my ESPN streak for the cash, figuring Hart would pull a Brandon Inge like round and hit 2 homers tops.

He decides to crank 13, and then the real him shows up once I've been properly screwed and he get shut out in round 2. Douche.
Jul 12, 2010 10:12pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:16 PM
I think a few of the camera men were monkeys earlier. The camera was everywhere but on the ball
Jul 12, 2010 10:16pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:16 PM
At least the final should be a good one. Papi vs Hanley. But I agree this thing has lost its luster. Still its something to watch cause its not like there is anything better on.
Jul 12, 2010 10:16pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:19 PM
jordo212000;421861 wrote:I think a few of the camera men were monkeys earlier. The camera was everywhere but on the ball

rally monkeys?
Jul 12, 2010 10:19pm
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Jul 12, 2010 10:19 PM
I hate David Ortiz almost as much as I hate Joe Morgan's comments about David Ortiz' shoes.
Jul 12, 2010 10:19pm