Grant Brisbee, Marc Normandin, Steven Goldman, Chris Cotillo, and other members of the SB Nation sports crew chat with you throughout Monday’s Home Run Derby.
2014 MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby live chat
Grant Brisbee, Marc Normandin, Steven Goldman, Chris Cotillo, and other members of the SB Nation sports crew chat with you throughout Monday evening’s sure-to-be-epic MLB Home Run Derby.
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Steven Goldman [11:57 PM]:
And with the award having been conveyed, we say good night to you all. Thanks again. See you tomorrow morning at this same site for more fun with baseball. Have a good evening.
vledesma616 [11:57 PM]:
Next year they should have a Wii home run derby.
stevib [11:55 PM]:
Cespedes shouldn’t hold the title belt until he actually choke slams Frazier
Steven Goldman [11:53 PM]:
We love Tim Brosnan’s vintage 1956 check blazer.
Steven Goldman [11:53 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee No, no. We loved it.
Grant Brisbee [11:53 PM]:
Thanks everyone! That was not not fun!
Steven Goldman [11:52 PM]:
Before everyone flits, I want to thank everyone, but among the readers and the SB Nation crew, for spending all evening with us, going upriver on this long journey in the Heart of Berman.
Grant Brisbee [11:52 PM]:
Steven Goldman [11:51 PM]:
@Jake Nazar That’s the point. Walking Underwear didn’t really function according to the rules that the rest of us do.
Jake Nazar [11:50 PM]:
@Steven Goldman That’s still 3 words.
Marc Normandin [11:50 PM]:
I feel better about Puig and Stanton losing now that Cespedes won.
David Roth [11:50 PM]:
Congratulations to Home Run Derby runner-up Todd Flanders: 
Steven Goldman [11:50 PM]:
@Jake Nazar Joaquin Andujar quote.
Charlie Gebow [11:49 PM]:
And now we awaken from our Berman-induced fuege state
mwk89 [11:49 PM]:
back to back
Jake Nazar [11:49 PM]:
“You can some up baseball in one word: You never know”. That’s 3 words, Chris
mwk89 [11:48 PM]:
good job, good effort
Steven Goldman [11:48 PM]:
@mattufford He went for it once early, threw it away.
mwk89 [11:48 PM]:
He’s going to 0’fer isn’t he
Matt Ufford [11:48 PM]:
*not excited
Ryan Carp [11:48 PM]:
mwk89 [11:48 PM]:
Frazier already needs the Gatorade?
Matt Ufford [11:48 PM]:
Really excited* for Berman to say DOWN GOES FRAZIAH
Bill Hanstock [11:47 PM]:
well this was fun. thanks, everyone!
Matt Ufford [11:47 PM]:
@Steven Goldman If Berman wouldn’t say it, then it’s ok.
Ryan Carp [11:47 PM]:
One of these kids need to climb the wall and rob Frazier
Jake Nazar [11:47 PM]:
Berman celebrates and then it’s not a HR.
mwk89 [11:47 PM]:
Frazier will naturally hit 9 and then win it with 1 in a swing off
Steven Goldman [11:46 PM]:
@mattufford I have a pun on the distillation of whiskey and “dinger mash,” but probably best to leave it alone.
Jake Nazar [11:45 PM]:
So Frazier has to hit as many as he’s hit in 3 rounds + a swingoff to win this thing. Yoenis is a national treasure
mwk89 [11:45 PM]:
good luck frazier
Matt Ufford [11:44 PM]:
Cespedes singlehandedly bankrolling the fight against cancer.
Ryan Carp [11:44 PM]:
@LordoftheButtfumble or his switch hitting
mwk89 [11:43 PM]:
Close to matching Frazier’s derby total
LordoftheButtfumble [11:43 PM]:
Frazier should use this opportunity to practice his bunting.
Grant Brisbee [11:43 PM]:
just bunt until it’s over, frazier, you ass
Ryan Carp [11:42 PM]:
Frazier should hit a consolation prize HR and go home
dishnet34 [11:42 PM]:
@Marc Normandin Thank god I hope he hasn’t.
Matt Ufford [11:42 PM]:
Yoenis Cespedes has made the 2014 Dinger Mash truly one for the ages.
Bill Hanstock [11:42 PM]:
i’m convinced berman doesn’t actually know the names of any cities or where they are
Clay Wendler [11:42 PM]:
Marc Normandin [11:42 PM]:
Has Berman made any Prince references yet?
mwk89 [11:42 PM]:
ugh. Todd Frazier: “welp”…there we go
mwk89 [11:41 PM]:
Todd Frazier: ”
Jake Nazar [11:41 PM]:
Yoenis Cespedes is our hero
mwk89 [11:41 PM]:
Todd Frazier: ”
Steven Goldman [11:41 PM]:
@ahfreeman There have been MANY Dylans.
Marc Normandin [11:41 PM]:
Yoenis Cespedes helped me find love again.
Ryan Carp [11:41 PM]:
damnit Berman stop naming towns
ahfreeman [11:40 PM]:
2 Dylans?
Bill Hanstock [11:40 PM]:
@DavidRoth true
David Roth [11:40 PM]:
I wasn’t here for the beginning of all this. Are these standings still current? 
mwk89 [11:40 PM]:
Seeing his tweets throughout tonight, Cespedes was deadly serious about this.
Charlie Gebow [11:39 PM]:
This is gonna be the Bama-Notre Dame of final rounds
David Roth [11:39 PM]:
Bill, that’s totally an Inspector Gadget homage.
Ryan Carp [11:39 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock Yoenis Cespedes is not impressed
Steven Goldman [11:39 PM]:
@mwk89 Or talling some hit ones.
Bill Hanstock [11:38 PM]:
Bill Hanstock [11:38 PM]:
courtesy of the amazing @cjzero, this vine of the crack EPSN production team:
Steven Goldman [11:38 PM]:
@Ryan Carp I’m with you, Ryan.
mwk89 [11:38 PM]:
he’s hitting some tall ones
Ryan Carp [11:37 PM]:
@Steven Goldman we need more of those
Bill Hanstock [11:37 PM]:
Steven Goldman [11:37 PM]:
That was a “back”-less home run.
Marc Normandin [11:37 PM]:
Please stop showing Frazier in his underground lair Cespedes is at bat
Rodger Sherman [11:37 PM]:
just one more homer and it’ll be impossible for frazier to catch him
Bill Hanstock [11:36 PM]:
that’s the subtext, steven
rowast [11:36 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock you are an American treasure
Steven Goldman [11:36 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock When someone says “modest proposal” I anticipate a Jonathan Swift reference.
Bill Hanstock [11:35 PM]:
Bill Hanstock [11:35 PM]:
i have a modest proposal for espn
Steven Goldman [11:34 PM]:
Damn it, we’re having fun, OKAY? Baseball says so! BERMAN says so!
Grant Brisbee [11:34 PM]:
I thought low-scoring games were supposed to be quick.
mwk89 [11:34 PM]:
So Cespedes (21HRs) Frazier (10HRs)…….quite a discrepancy
Wraithlord [11:33 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee One of the problems with the derby this year is that we didn’t get to see enough Stanton in the Stanton Home Run Derby
rowast [11:33 PM]:
I just realized tomorrow we get Harold Reynolds and Joe Buck making out with Derek Jeter all night, we are truly blessed
Steven Goldman [11:33 PM]:
Did Frank Thomas have his shave yet?
mwk89 [11:32 PM]:
the rain didn’t help
Bill Hanstock [11:32 PM]:
guys thanks for joining us for “phillip glass presents the home run derby”
Grant Brisbee [11:32 PM]:
One of the problems with the Derby this year is that it’s too long.
mwk89 [11:31 PM]:
Frazier will now use his little league voodoo to win it all without hitting one out of the infield
rowast [11:31 PM]:
prediction: they won’t cut to Cespedes in an underground batting cage during the final
redge [11:31 PM]:
If Frazier wins we riot
Wraithlord [11:31 PM]:
If Cespedes loses, I will cry
Ryan Carp [11:31 PM]:
Frazier winning would be the least memorable outcome since Morneau won when Hamilton hit 320984 in Round 1
Professor Xavier [11:30 PM]:
@Steven Goldman wel taht is ver nobel of you. [totally not intentional at all]
Bill Hanstock [11:30 PM]:
this director is KILLING IT
dishnet34 [11:30 PM]:
Prediction: Cespedes hits no dingers in the finals.
mwk89 [11:30 PM]:
We either get a repeat champion, or a guy who barely hit any HRs
Jake Nazar [11:30 PM]:
Cespedes vs Todd Frazier. swoon
Rodger Sherman [11:30 PM]:
solid 2 second clip of cespdedes in a rocking chair
Marc Normandin [11:29 PM]:
If Frazier wins we riot
mwk89 [11:29 PM]:
Cespedes – Frazier it is. Save us Cespedes
Steven Goldman [11:29 PM]:
@JimXavier I only edit during office hours. This is my spare time.
LordoftheButtfumble [11:29 PM]:
Hawk Harrelson would be silent for a minute after every non-White Sox home run.
David Roth [11:29 PM]:
I just wanted to pop in to make sure that everyone was properly hydrated for the last 90 minutes of the Home Run Derby.
Charlie Gebow [11:28 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock Yes!
Bill Hanstock [11:28 PM]:
@Clefo imagine the amount of things being put on boards
Grant Brisbee [11:27 PM]:
@Clefo BLOCKED
Rodger Sherman [11:27 PM]:
ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED FOR HOUR 7 OF HOME RUN DERBY
Ryan Carp [11:27 PM]:
@Clefo NOOOOOOOOOOOO
Charlie Gebow [11:27 PM]:
Get Hawk Harrelson to call the derby
Jake Nazar [11:26 PM]:
yay no Joey Bats 0-fer
Grant Brisbee [11:26 PM]:
KID DOWN. KID DOWN
mwk89 [11:26 PM]:
he will not pull a stanton
Ryan Carp [11:26 PM]:
Chris Berman makes Joe Buck sound like Vin Scully.
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 15, 2014
dishnet34 [11:26 PM]:
And here comes the stone coldness of Bautista, right?
Professor Xavier [11:25 PM]:
@Steven Goldman i’m pleasantly surprised. i would’ve expected my myriad typos to be pointed out. (not like they aren’t obvious enough haha)
Steven Goldman [11:24 PM]:
@JimXavier Not in “Star Wars,” but most other situations, yes.
mwk89 [11:24 PM]:
Now if Joey Bats goes stone cold, that whole bye thing has to go
Bill Hanstock [11:24 PM]:
oh i’m still awake apparently
Ryan Carp [11:24 PM]:
@dishnet34 I’m gonna DVR it, but I might watch the beginning
Steven Goldman [11:23 PM]:
I keep thinking that John Kruk might not have pulled a HR in his entire career. Maybe one. Just a bit of triva that keeps recurring as he comments
Professor Xavier [11:23 PM]:
@Steven Goldman i think thata’s still enoug to ddo the damage
dishnet34 [11:23 PM]:
Welp, here’s your champ. GG. Anyone staying around for the softball game after?
Steven Goldman [11:22 PM]:
“Did it go in?” “No, it just impacted on the surface.”
mwk89 [11:22 PM]:
that was unlucky
Ryan Carp [11:21 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee New Ideas – Drag Bunting, Throwing from RF to 3B or LF to 1B, Time from 1B to 2B on a steal, Hitting to all Fields, Something with diving on defense, Barehand plays
Marc Normandin [11:21 PM]:
I’d be more excited but Cespedes will probably get a zero in the finals and depress us all.
Grant Brisbee [11:21 PM]:
That angle is so pretty.
Ryan Carp [11:20 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee from BCB
mwk89 [11:19 PM]:
he’s just been heating up through every round
Professor Xavier [11:19 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee that is awesome.
mwk89 [11:18 PM]:
line drive lazer HR
Marc Normandin [11:18 PM]:
I hope Cespedes can save us all from oblivion.
Grant Brisbee [11:16 PM]:
watching this as a protest
Professor Xavier [11:16 PM]:
i am still in love with giancarlo though so it’s okay
mwk89 [11:15 PM]:
Save us AL
Professor Xavier [11:15 PM]:
i missed being in the sbnation tweet picture by 2 comments. i am sad.
dishnet34 [11:15 PM]:
Giancarlo is till the winner in all of our hearts.
BeatLA55 [11:15 PM]:
I, for one, welcome our new Todd Frazier overlord.
Ryan Carp [11:14 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee first, the dunk contest, now this
mwk89 [11:14 PM]:
Frazier will now win the finals without hitting a HR
redge [11:14 PM]:
@Yankeemichael11 should award varying amounts of points depending on where the ball is hit
Bill Hanstock [11:14 PM]:
| Blerg | |
| Todd Frazier | 1 |
| Fun | 0 |
Bill Hanstock [11:13 PM]:
@Wraithlord 1 in 1
Bill Hanstock [11:13 PM]:
redmond really mixed his pitches well, induced some weak contact, pitched to the count
Wraithlord [11:13 PM]:
What are the odds that Bumgarner could beat Frazier?
newyork11 [11:12 PM]:
HR Derby would be more interesting if they could factor distance into scoring, & would be even better if they could get distances accurate.
redge [11:12 PM]:
bud selig please change the home run derby so that next year it counts for real
Mike Bates [11:12 PM]:
I look forward to finding out how they think they’re going to fix the home run derby next year.
Marc Normandin [11:12 PM]:
It would be better if The Rock were actually in it.
Grant Brisbee [11:11 PM]:
guys, I’m starting to think the Home Run Derby is shitty
Charlie Gebow [11:11 PM]:
Fraizer is gonna hit two in the final round and win the damn thing
stevib [11:11 PM]:
Can we get a replay, did that kid steal a hr?
dishnet34 [11:11 PM]:
I take the blame for that performance.
redge [11:11 PM]:
im crying irl
Asher Kohn [11:11 PM]:
your weekly reminder that the Reds are the trollingest team in baseball
Grant Brisbee [11:11 PM]:
violent choking sobs
Professor Xavier [11:10 PM]:
red sox trade for him now while his value's down
mwk89 [11:10 PM]:
So Cespedes-Joey Bats for the championship basically
Steven Goldman [11:10 PM]:
At least now I can entertain you with more Tom’s River and Rutgers facts! …I’ll be over here if anyone wants me.
Bill Hanstock [11:10 PM]:
god is dead
Ryan Carp [11:10 PM]:
son of a
Wraithlord [11:10 PM]:
Todd Frazier: your NL home run champ with 1 home run!
Mike Bates [11:10 PM]:
Congratulations, Todd Frazier. You’re the worst best home run hitter ever
dishnet34 [11:10 PM]:
Wow.
Jake Nazar [11:10 PM]:
Oh. Our Todd Frazier nightmare isn’t over
Marc Normandin [11:10 PM]:
Nooooooooo
Charlie Gebow [11:10 PM]:
GOD IS DEAD
mwk89 [11:10 PM]:
wow
Marc Normandin [11:09 PM]:
We’re a swing away from life being pointless.
mwk89 [11:09 PM]:
uh oh
Grant Brisbee [11:08 PM]:
DAMMIT, DO SOMETHING STANTON
Bill Hanstock [11:08 PM]:
stanton don’t lose to frazier plz thx
LordoftheButtfumble [11:08 PM]:
I wonder how many deux deux deux runs to Canada Berman has planned this week.
Bill Hanstock [11:08 PM]:
lol a whiff
Charlie Gebow [11:07 PM]:
Have they named a section somewhere in RF at Marlins Park “Sta-town” and if not WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM?
redge [11:07 PM]:
guys this might be tough for stanton to top
Grant Brisbee [11:07 PM]:
@Steven Goldman One of those guys looks like the white Lewis Black.
dishnet34 [11:07 PM]:
Who’s ready for some more Stanton Bombs?
Steven Goldman [11:06 PM]:
Also, he may have eaten one of these while at Rutgers, which should really be on Marc Normandin’s food tour: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_Trucks#Fat_Sandwiches_and_other_cuisine
Jake Nazar [11:06 PM]:
And our nation’s long running Todd Frazier nightmare is over
Steven Goldman [11:05 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock The subtlety of this exchange may be lost on the typical reader, but I am enjoying it.
Bill Hanstock [11:05 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee if only i hadn’t retired
Steven Goldman [11:05 PM]:
Given the history of pollution in Frazier’s hometown of Tom’s River, NJ, he may well be radioactive and have a higher concentration of Union Carbide products in his body than is likely good for you.
mwk89 [11:03 PM]:
Kruk: “Stanton can do that?”
Marc Normandin [11:03 PM]:
@Kurt Mensching I’m not convinced Berman knows where he is.
mwk89 [11:03 PM]:
swing off survivors both made it to the semis
Kurt Mensching [11:02 PM]:
Berman has no idea where Mississauga is, does he
Grant Brisbee [11:01 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock there’s something about those celebrating guys I can’t put my finger on
mwk89 [11:00 PM]:
baseballs packed with fireworks
Elcruzter55 [11:00 PM]:
Metal bats and tennis balls next year.
newyork11 [10:59 PM]:
Text from a friend: I’m not watching the HR Derby. If I wanted to see balls going deep, I’d just watch Kim Kardashian’s video
Clay Wendler [10:59 PM]:
Mike Bates [10:58 PM]:
@Steven Goldman Yeha, but they were still kind of fun and novel at that point.
redge [10:58 PM]:
@dishnet34 yeah I’m looking forward to tomorrow night too
Steven Goldman [10:58 PM]:
@LordoftheButtfumble Bill James polluted up the revised Historical Baseball Abstract with the damned things.
dishnet34 [10:58 PM]:
Am I the only one excited for the Celebrity & All Star Softball Game?
LordoftheButtfumble [10:57 PM]:
New game: come up with your own cringworthy Bermanism.
Mike Bates [10:57 PM]:
Sedermetrics
Ryan Carp [10:57 PM]:
Don’t forget to watch me in the #CelebSoftball game right after the Home Run Derby on ESPN!!! #NL
— Melanie Iglesias (@MelanieIglesias) July 15, 2014
Professor Xavier [10:57 PM]:
Vadermetrics: the study of searching one’s feelings
mduffster [10:57 PM]:
meteorologists?
Marc Normandin [10:57 PM]:
Adam Jones seems nice but stop fighting Cespedes.
Grant Brisbee [10:56 PM]:
hey guys i have an idea for the 2015 home run derby: how about six more rounds
mwk89 [10:56 PM]:
DMV employees?
redge [10:56 PM]:
Segermetrics: the study of the relationship between the age of music and how much it soothes the soul
Steven Goldman [10:55 PM]:
@Wraithlord +10
Wraithlord [10:55 PM]:
Hall of Fame voters?
mwk89 [10:54 PM]:
the people of white bear lake: “yes!”
Mike Bates [10:54 PM]:
Save Our Metrics: An organization dedicated to preserving the natural habitat of analytics
mwk89 [10:54 PM]:
umpires?
Bill Hanstock [10:54 PM]:
politicians i guess
Bill Hanstock [10:54 PM]:
are sports broadcasters/analysts the only people who are renowned for being bad at their jobs?
Charlie Gebow [10:53 PM]:
Saegermetrics: Analysis of colorful suits
Jake Nazar [10:53 PM]:
@mwk89 Well considering Cepesdes didn’t compete, he shouldn’t have TOO much trouble
Mike Bates [10:52 PM]:
Slatermetrics: the analytic approach to Saved By the Bell
mwk89 [10:51 PM]:
just quit now jones, and give us cepesdes vs joey bats
Jake Nazar [10:51 PM]:
Well, over to you Jones
Bill Hanstock [10:51 PM]:
sobbermetrics
Elcruzter55 [10:51 PM]:
@Mike Bates He thought it was cybermetrics because saber is a type of sword.
Steven Goldman [10:51 PM]:
@Mike Bates It makes sense if you understand that Minnesota rotates around Target Field.
Ryan Carp [10:50 PM]:
@Elcruzter55 how else do you pronounce it?
Mike Bates [10:50 PM]:
@Elcruzter55 Oh, please spell those out phonetically
Bill Hanstock [10:50 PM]:
look yoenis we GET it okay
mwk89 [10:50 PM]:
and could only perceive 6
Elcruzter55 [10:50 PM]:
@Jake Nazar I nearly got into a fight with my friends over the pronunciation of sabermetrics.
mwk89 [10:49 PM]:
Stanton hit 20,000 HRs, we were just all stuck in the matrix
Ryan Carp [10:49 PM]:
@Jake Nazar followed by cinematics and sabertooths
Mike Bates [10:49 PM]:
People keep hitting home runs in the same direction, and Chris Berman keeps referencing Minnesota towns that are in different directions.
redge [10:49 PM]:
if we had seen 20,000 actual home runs we’d have died of ecstasy
Jake Nazar [10:49 PM]:
cybermetics is probably next
Jeremy F. Koo [10:48 PM]:
Way up there = front row
Professor Xavier [10:48 PM]:
@Rodger Sherman he’s worth -2 PAR: pronunciations above replacement
mwk89 [10:48 PM]:
Stop trying to make fetch happen Berman, its not going to happen
dishnet34 [10:48 PM]:
OK, Berman, it’s bedtime. I can get on a plane to Minny and finish it from here.
Charlie Gebow [10:48 PM]:
So apparently the concept of measurement is beyond Berman, good to know?
Mathew Brown [10:48 PM]:
Sabermatics 2: lost in new york
Rodger Sherman [10:47 PM]:
chris berman has now said “sabermatic” twice
mwk89 [10:47 PM]:
Chris Berman is confused
Charlie Gebow [10:47 PM]:
Sabermatics
mwk89 [10:46 PM]:
there’s even more kids in the bullpen
Steven Goldman [10:45 PM]:
That’s a statement that invites way too much self-reflection, but…
Steven Goldman [10:45 PM]:
It’s weird to have something superfluous be your signature moment, isn’t it?
Mike Bates [10:45 PM]:
Statement: Chris Berman is the Al Pacino of sportscasters. Discuss.
mwk89 [10:44 PM]:
awww
mwk89 [10:44 PM]:
Did Berman fall asleep? Yes!!
Professor Xavier [10:44 PM]:
@Mathew Brown You misspelled “Chris Berman sucks”
Mathew Brown [10:43 PM]:
There is no moment so poignant that it cannot be improved by Chris Berman’s commentary, thinks Chris Berman
mwk89 [10:42 PM]:
Berman: “i must wreck this silence”
mwk89 [10:42 PM]:
Oh Berman
Steven Goldman [10:42 PM]:
Which is not entirely inappropriate, because it does.
Steven Goldman [10:41 PM]:
I’ve said this before, but as a cancer guy I feel I am allowed to say that the “Stant Up to Cancer” logo always looks like “SUCK” at first glance.
Bill Hanstock [10:40 PM]:
trust me; i’m a professional screenwriter
Steven Goldman [10:40 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee I think Rod Serling did that one. Burgess Meredith was in it.
Bill Hanstock [10:40 PM]:
big hero 6 is going to be amazing btw
mwk89 [10:40 PM]:
Suarez could chase around the fielders in the outfield trying to bite them. That’d improve it
Charlie Gebow [10:39 PM]:
I missed Big Hero 1-5
Grant Brisbee [10:39 PM]:
at the end of the Home Run Derby, the camera will pan back and reveal that we’ve been dead the whole time.
newyork11 [10:39 PM]:
Bud Selig: “I got a great idea that could help boost the HR Derby. Instead of 10 outs, let’s have seven. That way less HR’s are hit!”
Bill Hanstock [10:38 PM]:
rodger we have always lived here
Rodger Sherman [10:38 PM]:
i don’t remember a time before the home run derby started
Steven Goldman [10:38 PM]:
@Mike Bates Sort of like the biathlon, but with more baseballs, less snow.
Mike Bates [10:37 PM]:
Maybe that’s how we should fix the Home Run Derby: combine it with skeet shooting
mduffster [10:37 PM]:
prescient warning. I was preparing my firearm for giancarlo’s next go
Mathew Brown [10:37 PM]:
And I thought my New Year’s Eve was disappointing
Steven Goldman [10:36 PM]:
He has another non-weapons thing that he skated on, but “skated” implies a judgment I possibly shouldn’t be making.
Grant Brisbee [10:36 PM]:
Reminder not to fire guns into the air in revelry.
Charlie Gebow [10:35 PM]:
@Jake Nazar Gravity still applies, who knew?
Jake Nazar [10:35 PM]:
@Mathew Brown I think he was firing gunshots in the air and then it came down and hit someone
Grant Brisbee [10:35 PM]:
@Mathew Brown “The theory was that Simon fired a gun into the air in revelry, with the bullet coming down and killing Almonte. Experts testified that the bullet came from someone else’s gun, however.”
Grant Brisbee [10:34 PM]:
@Mathew Brown thought he was acquitted
mwk89 [10:34 PM]:
Frazier is a dark horse again
Mathew Brown [10:33 PM]:
Wait didn’t All star Alfredo Simon murder someone?
dishnet34 [10:33 PM]:
Alfredo Simon’s glasses >>>>>>
Steven Goldman [10:33 PM]:
@mwk89 How do you KNOW he wins? Maybe the reality of it all proves to be horrible.
Clay Wendler [10:32 PM]:
Jake Nazar [10:32 PM]:
Oh my god he looks like a competent swinger
Marc Normandin [10:32 PM]:
On the bright side I motivated Frazier to start hitting dingers.
Mike Bates [10:32 PM]:
I still think tonight’s winner should have to face Jim Thome
dishnet34 [10:32 PM]:
He’s in the grooooooooove…
mwk89 [10:32 PM]:
Middlebrooks wins already. everyone else go home
Ryan Carp [10:32 PM]:
@Marc Normandin they could’ve left the softball fences up from yesterday
Marc Normandin [10:30 PM]:
They should use Little League park dimensions for Frazier.
Professor Xavier [10:30 PM]:
will middlebrooks proposed to jenny dell so that’s basically the biggest news of the night for red sox fans
Mike Bates [10:29 PM]:
A lot of empty seats behind home plate there.
mwk89 [10:28 PM]:
and then Berman magically teleports to 1960 to call the HR Derby show
Steven Goldman [10:28 PM]:
Little Wrigley Field in L.A.
Ryan Carp [10:27 PM]:
@Jake Nazar he forgot the hashtag
Grant Brisbee [10:27 PM]:
@Kevin McCauley pay dee man his monney
mwk89 [10:27 PM]:
finally, Steve Carell’s thoughts on Jeter
Kim McCauley [10:27 PM]:
@Jeremy F. Koo OH SNAP
Jake Nazar [10:26 PM]:
@Yankeemichael11 Are you just copying what ESPN tweeted?
newyork11 [10:25 PM]:
Todd Frazier advances. Home crowd gives a nice ovation to former Twins MVP Justin Morneau. Nice moment at HR Derby
Grant Brisbee [10:24 PM]:
Giancarlo Stanton destroyed a baseball in the Home Run Derby
He hit this dinger where dingers shouldn’t go.
Ryan Carp [10:24 PM]:
@Jake Nazar YES
Jake Nazar [10:23 PM]:
@mwk89 Oh yeah. Thought Tulo had more for some reason
dishnet34 [10:23 PM]:
Those are some 4-Trajectory swings on the ol’ Power Pros scale for Cespedes.
mwk89 [10:23 PM]:
back to back champ hopes still alive
Jeremy F. Koo [10:23 PM]:
@Kevin McCauley It’s on Deportes!
Jake Nazar [10:23 PM]:
@Ryan Carp Ian Darke should call everything
mwk89 [10:22 PM]:
Its Frazier versus Tulo next rd, stanton gets the bye
Kim McCauley [10:22 PM]:
I would pay money for a Spanish feed of the Home Run Derby
Ryan Carp [10:22 PM]:
@dishnet34 “that was an optimistic effort from Puig”
dishnet34 [10:21 PM]:
@Ryan Carp I approve!
Ryan Carp [10:21 PM]:
Ian Darke should call the Home Run Derby
Jake Nazar [10:21 PM]:
Frazier vs Stanton HAHAHAHA
Bill Hanstock [10:21 PM]:
hunter pence is just the best
Mike Bates [10:21 PM]:
Thank you for playing, Justin Morneau. No seriously. Thank you, you’re terrific.
rowast [10:21 PM]:
LET PENCE HIT
dishnet34 [10:20 PM]:
I’m probably more lively than Chris Berman at this point.
Clay Wendler [10:20 PM]:
Kim McCauley [10:20 PM]:
Well then I’ll keep watching not baseball thanks for ruining everything Chris Berman :(
Bill Hanstock [10:19 PM]:
apparently frazier DOES know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs
Ryan Carp [10:19 PM]:
@Kevin McCauley not yet
Jeremy F. Koo [10:19 PM]:
BINGO
Kim McCauley [10:19 PM]:
Did Chris Berman retire yet
Wraithlord [10:19 PM]:
@Rob Rogacki If it’s still tied after that it goes to a bat flip contest
dishnet34 [10:18 PM]:
@Rob Rogacki Chris Berman for Goalie.
Rob Rogacki [10:18 PM]:
If we’re still tied after the swing off do we go to penalty kicks?
Ryan Carp [10:17 PM]:
MOAR SWING OFFS
Jeremy F. Koo [10:17 PM]:
BONUS DERBY
Matthew Kenerly [10:17 PM]:
This HRD is boring.
Bill Hanstock [10:17 PM]:
c’mon donaldson take a dive
mwk89 [10:17 PM]:
swing off!!
dishnet34 [10:17 PM]:
ALL OF THE SWING-OFFS
mwk89 [10:16 PM]:
more swing offs?
Professor Xavier [10:16 PM]:
Home Run Derby leaderboard— there will be a swing-off between Morneau/Frazier for the final NL spot pic.twitter.com/JMgrsP5Tux
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 15, 2014
Matthew Kenerly [10:15 PM]:
Cuban Entourage.
Marc Normandin [10:15 PM]:
Who’s more accurate at reading these things, the kids or the cameras?
dishnet34 [10:14 PM]:
Leggo my Eggo?
Charlie Gebow [10:14 PM]:
“Leggo Gallego?”
mwk89 [10:14 PM]:
berman didn’t care for that 418 footer
Matthew Kenerly [10:14 PM]:
Yoenisn’t hitting any home runs…
Cee Angi [10:13 PM]:
@Mike Bates @Steven There’s not much to get excited about, either, though.
Ryan Carp [10:13 PM]:
ping
Matthew Kenerly [10:13 PM]:
And so Yo begins…
Mike Bates [10:12 PM]:
@Steven Goldman I was thinking that too. Like he’d finally gotten around to reading about his past broadcasts
Steven Goldman [10:11 PM]:
I was just thinking that Berman is subdued by Berman standards.
Grant Brisbee [10:11 PM]:
more like justin lesseau
Steven Goldman [10:11 PM]:
Wasn’t this a scene in “Zoolander?”
mwk89 [10:11 PM]:
Cespedes, lets do this
dishnet34 [10:11 PM]:
Berman’s off his game tonight, if he even had any to begin with.
mduffster [10:11 PM]:
swing off should be converted to arm wrasslin
Rodger Sherman [10:10 PM]:
is it just me or does chris berman hype the least impressive dingers the most
Jeremy F. Koo [10:10 PM]:
Oh boy, the swing-off of the century coming up.
Ryan Carp [10:10 PM]:
SWING OFF
mwk89 [10:10 PM]:
so swing off as it stands
Marc Normandin [10:10 PM]:
Please spare us from more Little League World Series stories, Morneau.
Mike Bates [10:10 PM]:
Yay Morneau
Rob Rogacki [10:09 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee How can you hate maple syrup
Jake Nazar [10:09 PM]:
@Rob Rogacki Big blast
Grant Brisbee [10:09 PM]:
Justin Morneau hates Minnesota, its flag, and everything the flag stands for
mwk89 [10:09 PM]:
frazier could advance with 2……..
Jake Nazar [10:09 PM]:
That hit a flag
Ryan Carp [10:09 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock I think so
Bill Hanstock [10:08 PM]:
did that hit the flag
mwk89 [10:08 PM]:
whoa
Rob Rogacki [10:08 PM]:
Rob Rogacki [10:08 PM]:
@Jake Nazar Why imagine anything?
Jake Nazar [10:07 PM]:
I imagined Giancarlo Stanton in Coors Field. My brain melted
dishnet34 [10:06 PM]:
“Chevy: Screw it, we’re all in on white trash” -@SkitchP
Steven Goldman [10:06 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee Kid Rock would be better with a comma. Then he’d be a complete sentence. An imperative, even.
Grant Brisbee [10:06 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock That’s kind of the problem.
Bill Hanstock [10:06 PM]:
kid rock is america
Grant Brisbee [10:05 PM]:
Kurt, apologize for Kid Rock.
rowast [10:04 PM]:
why is Kid Rock?
Steven Goldman [10:03 PM]:
@Yankeemichael11 #physics
newyork11 [10:02 PM]:
Keep in mind Redmond tossing about 50 mph. Stanton, with 6 HRs this round, generated all the power himself.
Grant Brisbee [10:02 PM]:
The speed of that thing was unreal.
Chris Cotillo [10:02 PM]:
It didn’t get that far off the ground.
Chris Cotillo [10:02 PM]:
For me, even more impressive home run was the one he hit to center on a line
Clay Wendler [10:02 PM]:
mwk89 [10:01 PM]:
with Cespedes looming, likely not enough
Mike Bates [10:01 PM]:
@dishnet34 All of the feet.
Rob Rogacki [10:01 PM]:
@dishnet34 534 Altuves
Charlie Gebow [10:01 PM]:
@dishnet34 1.4 AU
Professor Xavier [10:01 PM]:
@dishnet34 900
dishnet34 [10:00 PM]:
Guesses on what the distance would be if Stanton cleared the yard?
Mathew Brown [10:00 PM]:
I feel like Jon Bois doing his jacked up video game nonsense could not have produced a HR like that
Grant Brisbee [10:00 PM]:
ahfreeman [10:00 PM]:
Worth noting that Redmond was throwing a bit harder than most these pitchers.
Professor Xavier [9:59 PM]:
Bow to him. pic.twitter.com/NMOTy1HhqJ
— Holly (@holly_holl) July 15, 2014
Professor Xavier [9:59 PM]:
Sigh i’m sad that Jones is advancing.
rowast [9:58 PM]:
my hashtag is rowast if anyone cares
mwk89 [9:58 PM]:
Jon Lester tweeted that was insane. Lets write a column saying how that means something deeper in terms of trade rumors
Jake Nazar [9:58 PM]:
@Steven Goldman Well all a team has to do is make Loria some ridiculously weak offer and throw in some cash
Chris Cotillo [9:57 PM]:
Farthest I’ve seen in all the Derbies I have covered.
Grant Brisbee [9:57 PM]:
Josh Donaldson’s like, “Alright! A hitter’s park!”
Steven Goldman [9:57 PM]:
(Or so people keep saying.)
Chris Cotillo [9:57 PM]:
Stanton bomb was unreal.
Steven Goldman [9:57 PM]:
@Marc Normandin Miami’s loss is Boston’s gain.
Bill Hanstock [9:56 PM]:
good thing i wasn’t wearing pants
Jake Nazar [9:56 PM]:
That last one was like 3 rows from getting out. Goodness
Marc Normandin [9:56 PM]:
@Steven Goldman It’s not Miami’s fault Loria is Loria.
mwk89 [9:56 PM]:
thankfully for that screen, or else Stanton would have decapitated his manager
Bill Hanstock [9:56 PM]:
welp
Steven Goldman [9:56 PM]:
(Also a serious team.)
Grant Brisbee [9:56 PM]:
holy shit that camera angle
Steven Goldman [9:55 PM]:
Seriously, the Commissioner, acting in the best interests of baseball, needs to get this guy the hell out of Miami and into a major market.
ahfreeman [9:55 PM]:
Not even 500 ft.
dishnet34 [9:55 PM]:
HOLY FRIJOLES
Rob Rogacki [9:55 PM]:
DID HE DENT THE BASEBALL
Mike Bates [9:55 PM]:
That was just ridiculous. I just…uff da.
Rob Rogacki [9:55 PM]:
wut
Mathew Brown [9:55 PM]:
OMG
mduffster [9:55 PM]:
oh wow
mwk89 [9:55 PM]:
Stanton is among the Gods
Jeremy F. Koo [9:55 PM]:
Oh wow
Marc Normandin [9:55 PM]:
OMG
Jake Nazar [9:54 PM]:
@Jake Nazar Was going to say Stanton laughs at Dozier’s “park advantage”
Jake Nazar [9:54 PM]:
Giancarlo Stanton laughs at Brian Dozier’s
Grant Brisbee [9:54 PM]:
If you put the design in Puig’s hair next to the design in Stanton’s hair, you unlock a secret room in “Myst”
Cee Angi [9:53 PM]:
Todd Frazier is wishing Mike Redmond were his brother now.
Mike Bates [9:53 PM]:
Giancarlo Stanton vs Joey Gallo. I demand this.
Bill Hanstock [9:53 PM]:
gonna need a cigarette
Marc Normandin [9:53 PM]:
He’s a beautiful man
dishnet34 [9:53 PM]:
I do not protest that.
Grant Brisbee [9:52 PM]:
hahaha, he’s so awesome
Steven Goldman [9:52 PM]:
Has anyone ever hit it over those trees?
Mathew Brown [9:52 PM]:
:-o
mwk89 [9:52 PM]:
goodness
dishnet34 [9:52 PM]:
I protest that that was only 400 feet.
Kurt Mensching [9:52 PM]:
oh good he got the Bemidji reference in
Bill Hanstock [9:51 PM]:
post a giancarlo body issue picture for every dinger
Grant Brisbee [9:51 PM]:
i don’t think that was really rod carew
mwk89 [9:51 PM]:
off to instant replay
Mathew Brown [9:50 PM]:
That man is beautiful
Grant Brisbee [9:50 PM]:
EVERYONE SHUT THE HELL UP
mwk89 [9:50 PM]:
hurray
Mike Bates [9:50 PM]:
@Jeremy F. Koo Compared to cancer, he’s not so bad. I assume that’s what they’re trying to say.
rowast [9:50 PM]:
Up to 4 million dollars? MasterCard you spend more advertising about this
mwk89 [9:49 PM]:
If Stanton goes 0’fer, I’ll buy the Bieber’s discography……..(please don’t go 0’fer)
Jeremy F. Koo [9:49 PM]:
Pedro Gomez is such a weird choice for the SU2C campaign.
Mike Bates [9:48 PM]:
Summer Shandys are awful.
Bill Hanstock [9:47 PM]:
icy cold stantaz
newyork11 [9:47 PM]:
If I had bet my life that Yasiel Puig would hit more HRs than Todd Frazier & Brian Dozier combined in the HRDerby, I would be dead.
Marc Normandin [9:46 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock I can’t enjoy anything until Cespedes makes up for Puig.
Rob Rogacki [9:46 PM]:
If Stanton goes O-fer we’re calling him Mike again
Grant Brisbee [9:46 PM]:
Intermission: the greatest HR in Target Field history 
Matthew Kenerly [9:45 PM]:
Puig keeps with Dodger tradition, his zero homers is only one fewer than Matt Kemp couple of years ago.
— Bill Plaschke (@BillPlaschke) July 15, 2014
That’s just mean.
Mike Bates [9:44 PM]:
Bill Plaschke is widely renowned for writing an eight volume series on home run derby strategy.
Bill Hanstock [9:44 PM]:
i’m still sad about puig
Clay Wendler [9:44 PM]:
Matthew Kenerly [9:44 PM]:
Clearly Puig had no idea how to approach Derby, including part about pitcher..did he take any pitches?…wish it could have lasted longer..
— Bill Plaschke (@BillPlaschke) July 15, 2014
dishnet34 [9:43 PM]:
Can we get distances on the foul balls, please, ESPN?
Matthew Kenerly [9:43 PM]:
If the HRD ended right now, Puig would still advance to the second round.
Jake Nazar [9:42 PM]:
@Steven Goldman Ha. I was saying that because he swings at virtually everything. He’ll probably either go Joey Bats or Dozier and Frazier
Mike Bates [9:42 PM]:
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection. The leathers, you are with me.
mwk89 [9:42 PM]:
Like the Hunger Games down there with those kids in the outfield
mwk89 [9:41 PM]:
bare handed grab
Kurt Mensching [9:41 PM]:
That will forever be The Inge
dishnet34 [9:41 PM]:
There we go!
Cee Angi [9:41 PM]:
I hit as many home runs as Yasiel Puig at the Home Run Derby. Putting that on my resume.
Steven Goldman [9:41 PM]:
@Jake Nazar I talked to him a couple of years ago and said, “Why so streaky?” His answer was basically, “I don’t know. I’m working on it.”
mwk89 [9:41 PM]:
The dude with the most boring name ever, adam jones
Professor Xavier [9:40 PM]:
jones you are bad and you should feel bad
Kyle Høifødt [9:40 PM]:
that green o’s hat… oh dear
Jake Nazar [9:40 PM]:
Jones will either crush this or go 0-fer
Steven Goldman [9:40 PM]:
@matthew_k I can promise you it won’t be anyone at SBNation.com/MLB.
Charlie Gebow [9:40 PM]:
@matthew_k Sounds like Plascke joint
Matthew Kenerly [9:39 PM]:
Odds on who writes the first article saying the HRD affects Puig’s second half?
mwk89 [9:39 PM]:
Tulo might make the NL top 3 after all
Charlie Gebow [9:39 PM]:
@mwk89 It’s broken up by league now to ensure an AL-NL matchup in the final
Bill Hanstock [9:38 PM]:
i know i’m in the minority here but i feel it’s pretty mean-spirited to force brad ausmus to catch the entire home run derby
Marc Normandin [9:38 PM]:
Don’t worry Puig will be allowed back in before the finals after winning an internet-only dinger contest.
The Avry Lewis-McDougall [9:38 PM]:
Puig lasted as long as a fart in church
Jake Nazar [9:38 PM]:
Well, at least he got it over with quick
lougagliardi [9:38 PM]:
oh thank goodness..he’s done already.
Steven Goldman [9:38 PM]:
Tomorrow’s Daily Puig will just be an obsidian box draped in black crepe.
mwk89 [9:38 PM]:
So 3 NL players in, and Tulo’s 4 still leads
Ryan Carp [9:38 PM]:
Are there redo’s under the new rules?
Matthew Kenerly [9:38 PM]:
He should’ve flipped his bat after each swing and had someone next to him handing him a new one. I bet that’s what the problem was.
lougagliardi [9:38 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee I’d pay to see that.
Mathew Brown [9:38 PM]:
Ok NOW he’s ready, give him 7 more
Charlie Gebow [9:38 PM]:
This is the only Brandon Inge-Puig comparison that will ever come up
Bill Hanstock [9:38 PM]:
I DEMAND A RECOUNT
mwk89 [9:38 PM]:
:(
Jake Nazar [9:37 PM]:
Can he bat flip just for the heck of it?
Cee Angi [9:37 PM]:
Do over. I demand more outs.
dishnet34 [9:37 PM]:
Welp
Marc Normandin [9:37 PM]:
:-(
Elcruzter55 [9:37 PM]:
This is boring.
Matthew Kenerly [9:37 PM]:
BOOOOO, Puig
Grant Brisbee [9:37 PM]:
“Gillette is proud to equip one child with a suit of razor blades and send him running around the outfield.”
Marc Normandin [9:37 PM]:
Puig was just waiting for charity right Puig
Steven Goldman [9:37 PM]:
Puig-appointment.
mwk89 [9:37 PM]:
Oh no
Charlie Gebow [9:37 PM]:
This is not living up to the hype
Ryan Carp [9:37 PM]:
at least get 2
mwk89 [9:37 PM]:
Don’t be an Inge
Matthew Kenerly [9:37 PM]:
Boooo, Puig
rowast [9:37 PM]:
No Bill
dishnet34 [9:36 PM]:
Puig…you only got 7 swings, man.
mwk89 [9:36 PM]:
oh no, no bat flips
lougagliardi [9:36 PM]:
I don’t like Puig. He took a lot of media attention away from my Battlin Buccos last season. that and he’s a showboat. I hate showboats
Bill Hanstock [9:36 PM]:
EVERYONE SHUT UP IT’S PUIG
jsz [9:36 PM]:
@Jsz as in the 6 outs
Matthew Kenerly [9:36 PM]:
lol Puig don’t care about outs
Grant Brisbee [9:36 PM]:
@dishnet34 Not sure. I’ll count when I rewatch this tonight.
Marc Normandin [9:36 PM]:
PUIG
jsz [9:36 PM]:
wait happened with bautista?
Ryan Carp [9:35 PM]:
Bring on the bat flips
mwk89 [9:35 PM]:
Stanton looks a lot like Puig
Ryan Carp [9:35 PM]:
@dishnet34 too many, and yes
mwk89 [9:35 PM]:
“remember kids, for every time Berman says back, an angel gets reincarnated as Bud Selig”
Kurt Mensching [9:34 PM]:
I mess up the Florida Marlins thing at least once every few months. By next year, I swear
Ryan Carp [9:34 PM]:
@Whatsabaseball or he’s saving energy for later
dishnet34 [9:33 PM]:
So, how many “back”s are we at now? 9? 10? Am I the only one counting?
Grant Brisbee [9:32 PM]:
The Giancarlo Stanton Home Run Derby Featuring Giancarlo Stanton is getting warmed up.
Jake Nazar [9:32 PM]:
@matthew_k Dammit. Stole my joke
myb821 [9:32 PM]:
Did anyone else just see they showed stanton as part of the FLORIDA marlins? really espn?
Matthew Kenerly [9:32 PM]:
He needed a breather to go follow more people on Twitter
Mike Bates [9:32 PM]:
Stellar counting you guys.
mwk89 [9:32 PM]:
Probably saw Frazier/Dozier/Tulo combine for 8, and knew it was likely enough
Whatsabaseball [9:32 PM]:
i think jose just got bored of homering
newyork11 [9:31 PM]:
Very impressive from Bautista considering the delay and and the amount of outs! 10 HR’s in the first round
Rodger Sherman [9:31 PM]:
do the dingers carry over?
Bill Hanstock [9:31 PM]:
GIANCARLO COMIN
mwk89 [9:31 PM]:
Watch Stanton get 2 HRs
Kyle Høifødt [9:31 PM]:
only 6 outs now?
Elcruzter55 [9:31 PM]:
Dingers 4 dayz
Marc Normandin [9:31 PM]:
I know this is my job but what just happened why did he stop
Mike Bates [9:30 PM]:
@Cee Angi He’s the best at it though
Steven Goldman [9:29 PM]:
At least he hasn’t said lutefisk yet.
Jake Nazar [9:29 PM]:
DOUBLE DIGITS
mwk89 [9:29 PM]:
double digits
Marc Normandin [9:29 PM]:
I love this side view from behind the hitter. Everything looks like it’s hit at a billion miles per hour
Cee Angi [9:29 PM]:
Cano making $24 million this year to bring another man his Gatorade.
mwk89 [9:29 PM]:
double deck after double deck
Ryan Carp [9:28 PM]:
Berman must work for Minnetonka Tourism. “This is where Homers Land”
ahfreeman [9:28 PM]:
Sabermatiks?
Mathew Brown [9:28 PM]:
Guys my bracket is so busted
ahfreeman [9:28 PM]:
3 Minetonka.
Clay Wendler [9:28 PM]:
lougagliardi [9:28 PM]:
@Marc Normandin No, he left the WWE to go market Guardians of the Galaxy.
Bill Hanstock [9:27 PM]:
that’s why they call him joey homers
Grant Brisbee [9:27 PM]:
mwk89 [9:27 PM]:
Random geogrpahic references
Jeremy F. Koo [9:26 PM]:
I WON IT! I WON THE CITY POOL!
Marc Normandin [9:26 PM]:
Now it’s just raining Bautista bombs sorry sorry sorry
Bill Hanstock [9:26 PM]:
.
HunterPence</a> takes <a href="https://twitter.com/Giancarlo818">Giancarlo818 in the #HRDerby. Also gets photobombed. pic.twitter.com/KLQn1BXMmK— #ASG (@MLB) July 15, 2014
Mathew Brown [9:26 PM]:
Is that the first second third fourth and fifth “back-”s of the night?
Marc Normandin [9:25 PM]:
Please adjust that bingo card to include “rainbow”
mwk89 [9:25 PM]:
This is more like it
Bill Hanstock [9:25 PM]:
they’re all slugged, chris. it’s a home run derby
mwk89 [9:25 PM]:
Finally, HRs
rowast [9:25 PM]:
Joey Bats doesn’t follow me :(
Mike Bates [9:24 PM]:
8
Jake Nazar [9:24 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock I remember when I thought that was cool. Then I checked his followers.
Bill Hanstock [9:24 PM]:
next up, the only person who follows everyone in this room
Rodger Sherman [9:23 PM]:
being in the lead after the first round allows you exclusive rights to choose who your opponent’s opponents’ are in rounds 7 and 8 while you have your double bye
Grant Brisbee [9:23 PM]:
BITE HIM, HUNTER. BITE HIM.
Bill Hanstock [9:23 PM]:
LET PENCE HIT
rowast [9:23 PM]:
Puig is coming up, anyone who makes a bat flip joke should be kicked in the nuts
newyork11 [9:23 PM]:
It’s called the Gillette HR Derby because listening to Berman is like dragging cold shards of metal across your face early in the morning.
Jake Nazar [9:23 PM]:
“Nice job by Tulowitzki to hang a 4 spot there – THIS IS WHAT THE DERBY HAS COME TOO????
Steven Goldman [9:22 PM]:
Mauer sounded a little uncomfortable talking about hitting for power at Target Field.
Bill Hanstock [9:22 PM]:
let’s check with the booth on that fourth home run: ¯\(ツ)/¯
rowast [9:22 PM]:
John Farrell didn’t challenge that one?
Marc Normandin [9:22 PM]:
Tulo loves charity more than the rest of these guys so far.
Matthew Kenerly [9:22 PM]:
Wait, wait, what if someone hits one over the foul pole? Is replay available today?
mwk89 [9:22 PM]:
he doubled the lead
Kyle Høifødt [9:22 PM]:
challenge it!
mwk89 [9:21 PM]:
off to instant replay
Jake Nazar [9:21 PM]:
@Marc Normandin I know. I was talking about actually AT the Derby.
newyork11 [9:21 PM]:
Tulo’s got the lead
Ryan Carp [9:21 PM]:
3!
Jake Nazar [9:21 PM]:
Someone hit 3!
Charlie Gebow [9:21 PM]:
SOMEONE HAS THREE PRAISE XENU
mwk89 [9:21 PM]:
someone hit more than 2 HRs!!
Mike Bates [9:21 PM]:
Troy Tulowitzki wins. Everyone go home.
Bill Hanstock [9:21 PM]:
joe mauer stole todd frazier’s haircut
Kyle Høifødt [9:20 PM]:
idk if the whole 7 outs thing was a good decision…
Mike Bates [9:20 PM]:
Joe Mauer is the All Star Ambassador, Chris Berman. You will address him as Your Excellency!
Professor Xavier [9:20 PM]:
is anybody going to hit dingers orrr
mwk89 [9:19 PM]:
Give them a contract to the Astros?
The Avry Lewis-McDougall [9:19 PM]:
Troy Tulowitzki out here looking like a Bic highlighter
Jeremy F. Koo [9:19 PM]:
Oh man, hasn’t ESPN figured out that you don’t have non-invited people as analysts?
Steven Goldman [9:19 PM]:
@matthew_k “Let me tell you, a double-fault final-play elimination hasn’t occurred since the Helsinki episode of 1919, and I think we all remember how THAT turned out!”
Rodger Sherman [9:19 PM]:
what do they do if one of the kids scales the wall and robs a homer
Marc Normandin [9:18 PM]:
@Jake Nazar Captains pick the teams.
Jeremy F. Koo [9:18 PM]:
“No matter how high [Tulo] gets…” Get it? Because Colorado.
Wraithlord [9:18 PM]:
@matthew_k The apocalypse
Jake Nazar [9:18 PM]:
“Being captain of the HR Derby is a once in a lifetime thing” – What do you even really do at the Home Run Derby as the captain?
Mathew Brown [9:18 PM]:
#Re2pect for Jeter
mwk89 [9:18 PM]:
Then they all go back to the hotel with their heads down in shame
Matthew Kenerly [9:17 PM]:
What happens if everyone hits 2 home runs?
Cee Angi [9:17 PM]:
@rowast You should have paid better attention in computer class.
Cee Angi [9:17 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee Don’t worry, I’m saving them for the Best of Grant B book I’m working on.
rowast [9:16 PM]:
@Cee Angi you made my joke before I could, no fair
Mathew Brown [9:16 PM]:
International Falls!
Kurt Mensching [9:16 PM]:
RT @Grant Brisbee how come no one is retweeting my awesome jokes in here?
Cee Angi [9:16 PM]:
@Ryan Carp Looks like Miguel Olivo found him.
Grant Brisbee [9:15 PM]:
how come no one is retweeting my awesome jokes in here?
Kurt Mensching [9:15 PM]:
Bemidji! I’m running out of Minnesota cities too.
Ryan Carp [9:15 PM]:
Kurt Suzuki, your ears man, what’s going on there? pic.twitter.com/f3eBsoyakj
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) July 15, 2014
Steven Goldman [9:15 PM]:
@Avrysports1 As we reported in our Frank Thomas interview today, they’re shaving people in CF. I’m not clear if it’s a self-shave or it’s like an old-time barbershop.
Jeremy F. Koo [9:15 PM]:
Oh, let’s all go to twitter and look at all the people complaining about interracial Taco Bell dates!
Marc Normandin [9:14 PM]:
I am very surprised that the two players who I remained surprised were involved didn’t do well.
mwk89 [9:14 PM]:
Brad Peacock should pitch to them. If he can give up a double decker leadoff HR to Brock Holt
The Avry Lewis-McDougall [9:14 PM]:
Heard if the Gillette ball hits you in the face it gives you a clean shave at your seat
Kurt Mensching [9:14 PM]:
Mankato!
Steven Goldman [9:13 PM]:
@Mike Bates I was thinking concussion.
newyork11 [9:13 PM]:
Brian Dozier with 2 HRs as well, not much of a show
Mathew Brown [9:13 PM]:
What Minnesotan cities can expect Berman shouts outs? Duluth, Fargo… um… drawing a blank.
Ryan Carp [9:13 PM]:
JIMMY GET TO THE HOME RUN DERBY AND SHOW THESE FOOLS HOW DEFENSE IS PLAYED IN SPORTS
FOR 48 MINUTES— Tom Thibodeau Texts (@ThibsTexting) July 15, 2014
Grant Brisbee [9:13 PM]:
Not to stereotype, but -zier players are just the lamest.
Jake Nazar [9:13 PM]:
Where’s Marco Estrada pitching to these guys when you need him
Mike Bates [9:13 PM]:
One of those kids is going to tear an ACL on that grass.
mwk89 [9:13 PM]:
So, goodbye Dozier
Bill Hanstock [9:13 PM]:
and we’ve got two guys tied for blurst
Professor Xavier [9:13 PM]:
How great would it be if a kid robbed a home run
Elcruzter55 [9:13 PM]:
@Kurt Mensching The du du dus.
Charlie Gebow [9:13 PM]:
@Kurt Mensching a duex-duex-duex
rowast [9:12 PM]:
I just sat down wtf is the flexball?
Steven Goldman [9:12 PM]:
@lougagliardi You can’t promise he’d get it over the plate often enough for guys to hit them out.
ahfreeman [9:12 PM]:
Didn’t Dozier say ya gotta hug the left field line?
Kurt Mensching [9:12 PM]:
did someone give Berman a pill to suppress the back-back-backs?
mwk89 [9:12 PM]:
and double decker
lougagliardi [9:12 PM]:
@Cee Angi at this rate, pick one of the Pirates pitchers, maybe Francisco Liriano, then it’d be interesting.
Elcruzter55 [9:11 PM]:
Dingers??
rowast [9:11 PM]:
who jinxed Dozier’s dinger machine?
Cee Angi [9:11 PM]:
At least Dozier has the platoon advantage here.
lougagliardi [9:10 PM]:
The only way the homerun derby is fun is if you’re there.
Mike Bates [9:10 PM]:
I hope my kids grow up to be one of those fly ball shaggers who absolutely destroys the littler kids.
mwk89 [9:10 PM]:
Well, this start is less than ideal
Clay Wendler [9:10 PM]:
stevib [9:10 PM]:
They should do a cross-promo with Ninja Warriors. The Ninja guys have to run through the obstacle course while avoiding batted balls from the HR derby finalists
Steven Goldman [9:09 PM]:
Dozier’s hometown: pop 3800.
Bill Hanstock [9:09 PM]:
sorry “joke” should have been in scare quotes
Cee Angi [9:09 PM]:
If I were in the HR Derby, I would pick Pedro Martinez to soft toss to me.
Bill Hanstock [9:09 PM]:
wait for berman’s “bulldozier” joke in 3, 2….
Bill Hanstock [9:09 PM]:
dozier i hardly knew her
Charlie Gebow [9:08 PM]:
@Avrysports1 /puts on “Tha Crossroads”
Jake Nazar [9:08 PM]:
Good job, good effort Frazier
The Avry Lewis-McDougall [9:08 PM]:
RIP ESPN camera 2014-2014
newyork11 [9:08 PM]:
Todd Frazier with 2 HRs to start it off
Kurt Mensching [9:08 PM]:
56 degrees at 1st pitch— the lowest temperature ever for a HR Derby.The coldest prior to tonight was 1987 in Oakland (66 degrees).
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 15, 2014
mwk89 [9:08 PM]:
Frazier is a dark horse………nevermind
Cee Angi [9:07 PM]:
Has anyone charged the mound in the HR Derby? We may be getting close.
mwk89 [9:07 PM]:
Well, unless everyone else sucks, goodbye Frazier
Grant Brisbee [9:07 PM]:
Worse. It went straight through his neck.
Clay Wendler [9:06 PM]:
mwk89 [9:06 PM]:
double decker
Kurt Mensching [9:06 PM]:
He avoided the Inge
Cee Angi [9:06 PM]:
Down, not done, geez, Cee.
Cee Angi [9:06 PM]:
DID HE SAY “DONE GOES FRAZIER”?
Bill Hanstock [9:06 PM]:
lol berman was 100% sitting on “out goes frazier” for a solid week
dianagram [9:06 PM]:
I’m rooting for one not-too-serious oblique injury during the competition, to help put an end to this …
mwk89 [9:06 PM]:
You are not Jason Bay Frazier, congrats
Ryan Carp [9:05 PM]:
yay
Tyler! [9:05 PM]:
RAIN DINGER
Mike Bates [9:05 PM]:
@stevib That’d be fantastic.
Marc Normandin [9:05 PM]:
Is Todd Frazier pitching what is happening
Charlie Gebow [9:05 PM]:
Didn’t know Todd Fraizer was taking dinger tips from Willie Bloomquist
Steven Goldman [9:05 PM]:
@Cee Angi (Magellan had a better route than Dyan Viciedo.)
stevib [9:05 PM]:
@Mike Bates Don’t know why we haven’t seen a resurrection of the old HR derby format from 50 years ago
Jake Nazar [9:05 PM]:
I WANT DINGERS
Grant Brisbee [9:05 PM]:
Did that just hit Frazier in the neck?
Bill Hanstock [9:05 PM]:
what if they held a dingers contest and no one dang
Marc Normandin [9:04 PM]:
Robot umps.
Cee Angi [9:04 PM]:
That kid had a better route than Dayan Viciedo.
mwk89 [9:04 PM]:
Todd Frazier = Jason Bay apparently
Mike Bates [9:04 PM]:
This needs an umpire calling strikes so badly.
Professor Xavier [9:04 PM]:
is the catcher wearing a camera?
Bill Hanstock [9:04 PM]:
| 1 | NOW |
| DINGERS | WHEEEE |
| RAIN | SUCKS |
Marc Normandin [9:03 PM]:
OH MAN WE MIGHT GET RAIN DINGERS
Charlie Gebow [9:03 PM]:
HOT TAKING PITCH ACTION
Bill Hanstock [9:03 PM]:
SWEET SWEET DINGERS
Bill Hanstock [9:03 PM]:
OKAY LET’S WALLOP SOME DINGERS
mwk89 [9:03 PM]:
Over/under 5 more clips of Tod Frazier’s little league world series?
Jake Nazar [9:02 PM]:
“It’s Jack Morris” group of people rushes to complain that he’s not in the HOF
Marc Normandin [9:02 PM]:
So hold on. They’re trying to hit homers?
Cee Angi [9:02 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee Duke is going to lose. That’s all.
mwk89 [9:02 PM]:
Chris Berman confused himself
Mike Bates [9:02 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock And a national anthem. I hope they honor America with God Bless America after the 2nd round.
Grant Brisbee [9:02 PM]:
still don’t get it
Jeremy F. Koo [9:02 PM]:
Is Taco Bell also a proud sponsor of the Denslow Cup bracket?
newyork11 [9:02 PM]:
Homerun Derby underway! Exciting to see Target Field filled with All-Star Week excitement
mwk89 [9:02 PM]:
Chris Berman explains what feet means
Matthew Kenerly [9:01 PM]:
BREAKING: Hunter Pence likes Brian Dozier’s batting gloves.
Marc Normandin [9:01 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock Should be a ceremonial first pitch that someone gets to swing at.
Charlie Gebow [9:01 PM]:
@Cee Angi After the two-man sack race that will be held on consecutive Sundays
Steven Goldman [9:01 PM]:
It’s so odd how guys who were stars in my youth, like Dave Winfield, have gotten older but I have not aged at all.
Rodger Sherman [9:01 PM]:
i just wanna see a swing-off
Bill Hanstock [9:00 PM]:
it’s very important that the home run derby has a ceremonial first pitch
Professor Xavier [9:00 PM]:
@Cee Angi It’s a 17.42-round bracket in which the winner has to run three times around the bases backwards faster than the opponent, and then they have to hit it out before telling the funniest joke they know to an impartial judge.
Cee Angi [9:00 PM]:
Do they get the phone-a-friend after the second round or third round?
Jwmcc09 [9:00 PM]:
Bautista=highest HR/ab rate at this baseball palace!
Tyler! [9:00 PM]:
This sounds dangerously like the dunk contest…
Cee Angi [8:59 PM]:
The more they explain the rules the more confusing it gets.
Mike Bates [8:59 PM]:
Anybody who thinks Todd Frazier is going to win tonight hasn’t seen how Jose Bautista Hulks out in Target Field
Charlie Gebow [8:58 PM]:
Glad someone figured out “Hey, maybe a token hometown guy, eh?” after 2011 and 2012
Tyler! [8:58 PM]:
@Jake Nazar 1,000,000
Professor Xavier [8:57 PM]:
I just don’t understand how Jose keeps his beard so cleanly shaped.
Bill Hanstock [8:57 PM]:
that guy was ANGRY
Jake Nazar [8:57 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee 1,000 apples?
Steven Goldman [8:57 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock Respect my fellow RU alum!
Grant Brisbee [8:56 PM]:
| Derek Jeter | 1,000,000 |
| You | 0 |
Jwmcc09 [8:56 PM]:
How the epic-ness coming along?
Cee Angi [8:56 PM]:
I think I have the same earrings on as Giancarlo.
Jeremy F. Koo [8:56 PM]:
Todd Frazier takes the HR Derby seriously you guys.
rowast [8:56 PM]:
Are they broadcasting from the surface of the Moon?
Bill Hanstock [8:56 PM]:
todd “DOOOON’T CAAAARE” frazier
Tyler! [8:56 PM]:
Is this going to be like the dunk contest where the ending is WUT?
Marc Normandin [8:55 PM]:
I hope I don’t miss any dingers while I’m making popcorn.
Jake Nazar [8:55 PM]:
“Target practice at Target Field”. Wow. What a line
Mike Bates [8:55 PM]:
“Let’s meet the sluggers who will take to the skies.” I wish. A home run derby with jetpacks would be tremendous.
Bill Hanstock [8:55 PM]:
who won
mwk89 [8:55 PM]:
MLB: “Lets try to shorten the derby by having 7 outs and this new format”. Weather: “hahaha”
Cee Angi [8:54 PM]:
Getting a drink. brbbbbbbbbbbbbbb.
mwk89 [8:54 PM]:
MLB: "
Mike Bates [8:54 PM]:
@Avrysports1 I lived in Minnesota.
Tyler! [8:54 PM]:
So they all wear batting helmets right?
Steven Goldman [8:54 PM]:
@mwk89 If you listen to the original Sinatra, he doesn’t oversell what is a kind of a light concoction. This is not Wagner.
The Avry Lewis-McDougall [8:53 PM]:
Hahaha where did you live in Canada, Mike
Mike Bates [8:53 PM]:
@Avrysports1 If I still lived there, I’d be ok with that.
mwk89 [8:53 PM]:
and cue aloe blacc singing sinatra, again
rowast [8:53 PM]:
They did not put a C on Bautista’s jersey shut up
mwk89 [8:52 PM]:
Oh, that’s right, we have a HR Derby tonight.
The Avry Lewis-McDougall [8:52 PM]:
maybe the Mariners too
Jeremy F. Koo [8:52 PM]:
ALERT: THE GATORADE TOWELS ARE ON THE FIELD
Grant Brisbee [8:52 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock No, but this guy is: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dykstr001cut
The Avry Lewis-McDougall [8:52 PM]:
real talk in 2015 we’re going to annex Minnesota up here in Canada to restore two Canadian teams in the MLB with the Twins
Bill Hanstock [8:51 PM]:
that’s not … of THE dykstras, is it?
Marc Normandin [8:51 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee Wait they get a title for winning?
Kurt Mensching [8:51 PM]:
hey cotillo how cold is it there. keep in mind you’re talking to a yooper so you better get the answer right
Grant Brisbee [8:51 PM]:
News!
Ladies and gentlemen, your 2014 #TripleAHRDerby champion Allan Dykstra of the
LasVegas51s</a>! <a href="http://t.co/x6yylR6Zj6">pic.twitter.com/x6yylR6Zj6</a></p>— Triple-A Baseball (TripleABaseball) July 15, 2014
mwk89 [8:51 PM]:
actually we’re all crying over Jeter Karl. America is crying
Jeremy F. Koo [8:51 PM]:
Tarps coming off, according to sources.
Steven Goldman [8:51 PM]:
I am really not sure about Barry Larikin’s color coordination skills.
Marc Normandin [8:50 PM]:
I wish Jeter was the play-by-play announcer for the Derby. “…..Gone.”
Tyler! [8:50 PM]:
ILLUMINATI in the All star logo
Jake Nazar [8:50 PM]:
@Mike Bates I mean, how many times have the Yankees been on Sunday Night Baseball? Yesterday was what, the 1st time? 2nd?
mwk89 [8:49 PM]:
Next, the HR Derby, with a side-window of a 24/7 running Jeter interview
Charlie Gebow [8:48 PM]:
“Isn’t it hilarious in hindsight that Phil Nevin was picked in front of you in the draft?”
The Avry Lewis-McDougall [8:48 PM]:
When does A Rod come into the Derby to lie about his roids use?
mwk89 [8:48 PM]:
Jeter has pride in the Yankees? He really opened up there…
Cee Angi [8:48 PM]:
My source says that his source says that the tarps are coming off.
Mike Bates [8:48 PM]:
I wish everyone would lay off of the broadcast. This is literally the only chance they’ve had all year to talk about Derek Jeter.
Grant Brisbee [8:47 PM]:
Source: Tarps coming off.
Chris Cotillo [8:47 PM]:
Tarps coming off.
mwk89 [8:47 PM]:
And we’ll have hours more about Jeter talking about Jeter of various Jeter things tomorrow
The Avry Lewis-McDougall [8:47 PM]:
It makes him look like he’s wearing a Blue Jays Canada Day jersey haha
Charlie Gebow [8:47 PM]:
YEAH JEETS
Tyler! [8:47 PM]:
I hope Boone asks him about all the chicks he pulls.
Grant Brisbee [8:46 PM]:
Grant Brisbee [8:46 PM]:
I think this will be our lasting memory of Jeter, wearing the ol’ red-‘n’-white.
rowast [8:46 PM]:
I love that traditional Yankee red #TrueYankee
Marc Normandin [8:46 PM]:
@Marc Normandin For everyone watching and the player.
Tyler! [8:45 PM]:
Next, Derek Jeter interviews Derek Jeter.
mwk89 [8:45 PM]:
Did Boone just ask Jeter what makes him so great?
Clay Wendler [8:45 PM]:
jeter is so humble
Marc Normandin [8:45 PM]:
Being interviewed off a baseball field while wearing a baseball uniform has to be strange.
mwk89 [8:45 PM]:
Mike Bates – seems like a risky strategy
Cee Angi [8:44 PM]:
“I don’t know that I said anything.” [two seconds later] “I always go out of my way to talk to everyone and introduce myself.”
Grant Brisbee [8:44 PM]:
@Rodger Sherman Fuck, that thing looped 500 times before I stopped it.
Mike Bates [8:44 PM]:
I guess if I was in the Home Run Derby, I would try to hit the ball really hard into the air and hope it went over the fence.
Jeremy F. Koo [8:44 PM]:
MAXIMUM JETER
mwk89 [8:43 PM]:
Here’s our required Jeter viewing
Steven Goldman [8:43 PM]:
@Rodger Sherman It’s pretty hard to do a bad Dylan impression.
Rodger Sherman [8:42 PM]:
dear goodness, chris berman’s bob dylan impression is horrible
Charlie Gebow [8:42 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee And of course, him being petulant on camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMzN45hNs2w
Rodger Sherman [8:42 PM]:
The Home Run Derby is on rain delay, so let's look at Home Run Derby babies
The Home Run Derby rain delay is awful, but — AWWWWWWWWW
Grant Brisbee [8:41 PM]:
The Berman video was via @BASportsGuy, btw.
rowast [8:41 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee I’m moving to Canada now
Grant Brisbee [8:41 PM]:
Buncha wet dinger fanatics out there. Nothing smells worse than a wet dinger fanatic.
Marc Normandin [8:40 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee I don’t know how I’ve never seen that before but I’m so happy I have now.
Elcruzter55 [8:38 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee This is amazing.
Bill Hanstock [8:37 PM]:
they should announce barry bonds the winner of the 2014 home run derby
Jake Nazar [8:37 PM]:
Todd Frazier holds his own umbrella
mwk89 [8:36 PM]:
Todd Frazier knows all the secrets
Jake Nazar [8:36 PM]:
For Adam Jones, this is nothing, considering the Orioles have had rain delays at like every game this year
Grant Brisbee [8:36 PM]:
The other official video of the 2014 MLB Home Run Derby:
Marc Normandin [8:36 PM]:
All Derby participants will now swing umbrellas instead of bats.
Mike Bates [8:36 PM]:
My son is disappointed he can’t use my laptop to play Minecraft. I fail as a father in so many different and exciting ways.
rowast [8:36 PM]:
How pissed is ESPN gonna be if Dozier wins the whole thing?
Jake Nazar [8:36 PM]:
@Steven Goldman Pleasant
Steven Goldman [8:35 PM]:
@Jake Nazar I missed the first part of that so I assumed you were talking locusts or cicadas or something.
Steven Goldman [8:34 PM]:
@Cee Angi The shift has driven the left-handed hitter into extinction.
Jake Nazar [8:34 PM]:
@Mike Bates The worse thing is these things are every 2 years. They just come at you so quickly
Jeremy F. Koo [8:34 PM]:
Aww, I have friends at SoCo.
rowast [8:34 PM]:
pretty soon @Bill Hanstock is just gonna start telling us about RAW
Professor Xavier [8:34 PM]:
@rowast they’ll learn someday
rowast [8:33 PM]:
@JimXavier that is the only thing not named after Trout @ Angel Stadium
Mike Bates [8:33 PM]:
@Jake Nazar Made. They made Expendables 3. And are going to release it upon an unsuspecting public.
Cee Angi [8:33 PM]:
@Steven Goldman I think that Cano is the only lefty starter on the AL side, as well.
Matthew Kenerly [8:33 PM]:
@Steven Goldman CarGo and Harper have been hurt, Rizzo could’ve easily been a starter, and so on
Grant Brisbee [8:33 PM]:
The official video of the 2014 MLB Home Run Derby:
Grant Brisbee [8:32 PM]:
@Steven Goldman This link says “hurt” or “lousy”: http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/8Xfkx
Professor Xavier [8:32 PM]:
@Jeremy F. Koo wow just realized they haven’t made a fish sandwich named after mike trout. what a lost opportunity
Elcruzter55 [8:32 PM]:
@Elcruzter55 Can confirm. A lot of rain.
Jake Nazar [8:32 PM]:
They’re actually making an Expendables 3? Really?
mwk89 [8:32 PM]:
“Now, what is Jeter thinking about right now? What will he think about tomorrow? What did he think about in 1998?”
Elcruzter55 [8:32 PM]:
@Steven Goldman In NJ,
Jeremy F. Koo [8:31 PM]:
That’s going to be a really expensive Subway sandwich, Mike Trout.
Bill Hanstock [8:31 PM]:
also okay
Bill Hanstock [8:31 PM]:
@Steven Goldman i hear that “votto” guy is okau
rowast [8:30 PM]:
Oh God they’re gonna talk about the AL line up and we’re already at peak Derek Jeter references
Steven Goldman [8:30 PM]:
Here on the other side of the country, we are under a flash flood warning as all the water in the world comes down on us. I may have to do this from the roof.
The Avry Lewis-McDougall [8:29 PM]:
Over/under 555 back back backs from Chris Berman tonight?
Steven Goldman [8:29 PM]:
Looking at that NL lineup, where are the good LHH in the NL?
mwk89 [8:29 PM]:
Cutch, Puig, Tulo, pretty nasty top of the order for NL
Steven Goldman [8:28 PM]:
@Clefo Masque of the Red Home Run Derby
Mike Bates [8:28 PM]:
@Jake Nazar God bless your sweet, innocent little heart.
Charlie Gebow [8:27 PM]:
Maybe they shouldn’t have torn down the Metrodome, just as a failsafe.
Jake Nazar [8:27 PM]:
@Steven Goldman Was the pitch laid up there for Ripken? Yeah, sure. And one might be for Jeter tomorrow. Though this game counts….
Grant Brisbee [8:27 PM]:
Marc Normandin [8:26 PM]:
If they won’t play in the rain they are never going to have dunk tanks at the Derby are they?
Steven Goldman [8:26 PM]:
@Cee Angi No one tell my writer I’m going to be watching the HR Derby instead of editing her latest column.
Mike Bates [8:25 PM]:
“Some guys want it a little firmer.” Unintentional double entendre. Drink
mwk89 [8:25 PM]:
Didn’t realize how that new 7 outs thing could really effect hitters. You can’t take 2-3 outs to get into a “groove”
Cee Angi [8:25 PM]:
No one tell my editor I’m going to watch the derby instead of filing this column, okay?
Rodger Sherman [8:25 PM]:
@rowast if you’ve been locked in enough cages, you can really tell the subtle differences between them. like fine wines
Grant Brisbee [8:24 PM]:
@rowast Sushi bar.
Steven Goldman [8:24 PM]:
@Jake Nazar Did you think the same thing about Ripken in 2001? It crossed my mind.
Jeremy F. Koo [8:23 PM]:
No tarp on the infield yet. I imagine it’s pretty modern drainage, but that’s a bit over-confident of them isn’t it? (Note that I was there for the tarp-out in Oakland).
Jake Nazar [8:23 PM]:
Just think. The pitches tonight won’t even be the most grooved for HR’s these next two days. That’ll be tomorrow night for Jeter.
rowast [8:23 PM]:
What makes a cage “world class”?
Mike Bates [8:23 PM]:
@CeeAngi Sure, but we want it to be fun, and not kill everyone’s buzz with The Cranky Hurt.
Steven Goldman [8:22 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee If Giancarlo Stanton talks and nobody hears him, did he say anything?
Rodger Sherman [8:22 PM]:
there’s already so little stuff to talk about at the home run derby, and then they added an extra half hour of just sitting around because rain
rowast [8:22 PM]:
I think I saw Winfield earlier don’t forget him.
Charlie Gebow [8:22 PM]:
Can we talk about how unsettling those uniformly colored hats all the players have? Is it just me?
Matthew Kenerly [8:22 PM]:
No one gave much thought to the retractable roof, huh?
Cee Angi [8:22 PM]:
Wow, no one told me that Barry was going to be there.
Cee Angi [8:21 PM]:
Frank Thomas is there too, Mike.
godsewa23 [8:21 PM]:
He’ll just put it back back back on, @Marc Normandin.
Mike Bates [8:21 PM]:
Is it too late to add Jim Thome to this event?
Grant Brisbee [8:21 PM]:
@Cee Angi No Showtime, no Franchise.
Marc Normandin [8:20 PM]:
If they Derby in the rain Berman’s spray tan will wash off tho
Steven Goldman [8:20 PM]:
@Chris Cotillo Let us know if you see the animals queueing up two by two.
Cee Angi [8:20 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee You didn’t watch The Franchise? It was amazing.
Jake Nazar [8:20 PM]:
This is funny because I was actually wondering today how often there’s rain at the Derby
Chris Cotillo [8:20 PM]:
I can’t remember a derby in the rain, can anyone else?
Elcruzter55 [8:20 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee Puig speaking was weird too.
godsewa23 [8:19 PM]:
RAIN DERBY
Chris Cotillo [8:19 PM]:
Rain coming down again here, grounds crew covering mound and plate.
Bill Hanstock [8:19 PM]:
seriously, do the derby in the rain
Marc Normandin [8:19 PM]:
It’s raining again now? Maybe skip the musical act and get to the dingers, guys.
Grant Brisbee [8:19 PM]:
In which I realize that I’ve never heard Giancarlo Stanton talk in my life.
Cee Angi [8:19 PM]:
Just made some really good dinner. Carbo-loading on the players’ behalves.
Marc Normandin [8:17 PM]:
@Bill Hanstock But he’s the Marine, dammit!
mwk89 [8:17 PM]:
And there’s our required “The Man” ASG promo
Jeremy F. Koo [8:17 PM]:
BINGO
Mike Bates [8:17 PM]:
Only if it will drive Dayn Perry to drink, Grant.
Marc Normandin [8:17 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee I’ll get the spray paint, you get the vulgar stencils.
Bill Hanstock [8:17 PM]:
i gotta be honest: i don’t think the miz is going to win the home run derby
Grant Brisbee [8:16 PM]:
Who wants to go over to the CBS Sports live blog and mess things up with me?
Mike Bates [8:16 PM]:
@Rodger Sherman Embarrass, MN
Jeremy F. Koo [8:16 PM]:
@Rodger Sherman Minnetonka
Rodger Sherman [8:16 PM]:
My money is on [whichever one of Minneapolis and St. Paul the Twins to not play in]
Steven Goldman [8:16 PM]:
@Chris Cotillo So Bono, then.
rowast [8:16 PM]:
@mwk89 am I a horrible person for laughing?
Elcruzter55 [8:16 PM]:
@Rodger Sherman Canada.
Matthew Kenerly [8:15 PM]:
@Steven Goldman I thought Grant was on that again. shrug
Charlie Gebow [8:15 PM]:
@Rodger Sherman Duluth
Chris Cotillo [8:15 PM]:
I’m in the auxiliary press box on the first base side
mwk89 [8:15 PM]:
Hopefully this means a bunch of the kids slipping in the outfield trying to field. I’m a terrible person
Rodger Sherman [8:15 PM]:
What geographic location do you think Chris Berman shouts out first?
Chris Cotillo [8:15 PM]:
@Steven Goldman Met Kris Humphries on the field pre-game, but that’s about it so far for non-baseball people.
Steven Goldman [8:15 PM]:
@matthew_k Wait, we’re doing Rush now?
Matthew Kenerly [8:14 PM]:
@Grant Brisbee Why are we here? Because we’re here.
Elcruzter55 [8:14 PM]:
@Steven Goldman Take a sip when someone speaks Spanish.
Grant Brisbee [8:14 PM]:
@mwk89 Was expecting a Roll the Bones reference first.
Steven Goldman [8:14 PM]:
@Mike Bates Drink when she says “map.”
Mike Bates [8:13 PM]:
My soundtrack for the Home Run Derby is my daughter watching Dora. I think I have it better than everyone listening to the broadcast.
Jake Nazar [8:13 PM]:
John Kruk looks like his dog died every time they show him and Berman
Jeremy F. Koo [8:13 PM]:
@Steven Goldman IF YOU LIKE DINGERZ AFTER MIDNIGHT…That might actually happen.
Steven Goldman [8:12 PM]:
@Chris Cotillo Who are the famous people you’re sitting with tonight? Bono? Kurkjian?
mwk89 [8:12 PM]:
Bastille Day reference. Okay, who had bets on a bastille day reference?
Bill Hanstock [8:11 PM]:
they must be employing some peter jackson-style forced perspective to get berman and kruk in the same frame
Steven Goldman [8:11 PM]:
@Mike Bates You have cows. Don’t all Wisconsonites get cows?
troymccluresf [8:11 PM]:
Where’s this guy when you need him? 
Jake Nazar [8:11 PM]:
@Clefo Yup. Hit 28 in one round
Grant Brisbee [8:11 PM]:
Yasiel Puig is so crazy, he thinks the Giants are a good team.
Charlie Gebow [8:10 PM]:
@Jake Nazar That was the “Josh Hamilton gets his fill in the second round” year, right?
Steven Goldman [8:10 PM]:
@Elcruzter55 It’s a lot like drinking cherry pie.
troymccluresf [8:10 PM]:
Weather delay? Does that increase the chances that the Derby will end in a tie?
Matthew Kenerly [8:10 PM]:
Just have the Twins mascot in the outfield trying to catch would-be dingers in his mouth!
Jake Nazar [8:10 PM]:
Justin Morneau – A former champion in a Derby that no one remembers, or cared that he won
Professor Xavier [8:10 PM]:
Can we give the Cubs mascot pants? That’s really all I want
towel [8:09 PM]:
People asking the questions in spanish then translating themselves then hearing the answers in spanish and translating it. Great way to waste time during the delay.
Charlie Gebow [8:09 PM]:
Might I suggest an alternate “Hitting Dinger” rain-delay event, where every person in the stadium gets to take free whacks at the Rockies mascot?
mwk89 [8:08 PM]:
Oh hi there Carlos Gomez
rowast [8:08 PM]:
Yasiel Puig is must see* (not valid in Los Angeles)
Elcruzter55 [8:08 PM]:
@Steven Goldman I hope you like cherry juice.
Steven Goldman [8:08 PM]:
Brian, I think you just came close to singing, “The Pina Colada Song.”
mwk89 [8:08 PM]:
They should just fill these 30 minutes with Puig bat flips
Mike Bates [8:07 PM]:
Hi friends and neighbors. Just kidding. I live in Wisconsin. I don’t have neighbors.
Steven Goldman [8:07 PM]:
In a first in any chat, I will be participating in the Berman drinking game using sour cherry juice (wife had Turkish food brought in).
Marc Normandin [8:07 PM]:
@Rodger Sherman That’s what I’m saying. Dramatic rain dingers.
Brian Floyd [8:07 PM]:
Home run derby in the rain > any other home run derby
Rodger Sherman [8:07 PM]:
can’t these players hit dingers in the rain
Steven Goldman [8:06 PM]:
Bill, I will give you “Big Man on Mulberry Street.”
Jeremy F. Koo [8:06 PM]:
@mwk89 Isn’t the Derby also on ESPN Deportes?
Charlie Gebow [8:06 PM]:
If anything, isn’t the ball going forward, Berman?
troymccluresf [8:06 PM]:
It looks like… they moved the HR Derby… back.
rowast [8:06 PM]:
Does this delay mean more time to hear from Berman and Kruk? OH BOY!
Jake Nazar [8:05 PM]:
There’s a delay, but we’ll still here “BACK BACK BACK” a few times
Bill Hanstock [8:05 PM]:
“running on ice” and a duet with ray charles alone
Bill Hanstock [8:05 PM]:
“the bridge” is a great billy joel album how dare you
mwk89 [8:04 PM]:
delay??? oy
Steven Goldman [8:04 PM]:
“The Bridge:” Middling Billy Joel album from when I was 15.
Friar Fever [8:03 PM]:
that’s to be determined.
Grant Brisbee [8:03 PM]:
(Gif via https://twitter.com/natt0)
Matthew Kenerly [8:03 PM]:
Would I be better served by catching up on The Bridge?
Grant Brisbee [8:03 PM]:
mwk89 [8:02 PM]:
I wish univision would broadcast the derby. Imagine the yelling
Marc Normandin [8:02 PM]:
Seems like a missed opportunity to avoid dingering in the rain.
Bill Hanstock [8:02 PM]:
so this is the preamble to the pre-festivities then
Steven Goldman [8:02 PM]:
Friar, when will they get some real legends, though?
Elcruzter55 [8:02 PM]:
@Friar Fever Thome was hitting some bombs.
Jeremy F. Koo [8:02 PM]:
@Rodger Sherman Threevemillion
Friar Fever [8:02 PM]:
Derby is cool and all, but the Legends softball game is where it’s at.
Professor Xavier [8:02 PM]:
Nuts
Chris Cotillo [8:01 PM]:
Just announced that “pre-festivities” for HR Derby are starting at 8:30 ET, meaning there’s a weather delay.
Rodger Sherman [8:01 PM]:
@Elcruzter55 $Texas.
mwk89 [8:01 PM]:
Aloe Blacc sings jazz?
Elcruzter55 [8:00 PM]:
How many times does Berman say “Back” today?
Bill Hanstock [8:00 PM]:
PYRO AND BALLYHOO
Bill Hanstock [8:00 PM]:
DON’T FORGET THE PAGEANTRY
Professor Xavier [8:00 PM]:
Yes, there’s lots of build up. So let’s start, please.
Aaron Finkel [7:59 PM]:
oh. I don’t even.
Jake Nazar [7:59 PM]:
Can’t see us winning that bingo tonight
Aaron Finkel [7:58 PM]:
What is this thing?
Marc Normandin [7:58 PM]:
@Rodger Sherman Dongers.
mwk89 [7:58 PM]:
So how many bat flips do you have Puig doing?
Grant Brisbee [7:58 PM]:
Grant Brisbee [7:58 PM]:
Play along with us:
Jeremy F. Koo [7:57 PM]:
I’m going to say my Oakland Athletics have a pretty good shot at winning this thing.
Rodger Sherman [7:56 PM]:
@Marc Normandin dingers?
Marc Normandin [7:55 PM]:
Dingers, y’all. Dingers.
Jeremy F. Koo [7:55 PM]:
Sup
Grant Brisbee [7:55 PM]:
| 1st | |
| Scooby Doobies | A million, probably |
| Yogi Yahooies | They were always the worst. |
Bill Hanstock [7:54 PM]:
i’m ready for some dang dingers
Rodger Sherman [7:54 PM]:
i hope yasiel puig flips his bat after every single home run
Chris Cotillo [7:54 PM]:
Greetings from chilly Minneapolis
Brian Floyd [7:54 PM]:
Hello
Steven Goldman [7:54 PM]:
Evening and welcome, Bill, as well as all and sundry.
Bill Hanstock [7:52 PM]:
hi
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