Pujols to face Kris Bryant in the Home Run Derby (Full Bracket)

[Docwaukee]

Great derby.  

 

Big fan of the todd father.  

 

Get that dude on a team ready to win.  ahem.  

 

Joc looks like the kid that comes by to clean my patio furniture every week.  

[ELEVEN]

Aybar lessons.

[seenoevil]

Matt Joyce should had been invited

[ELEVEN]

Great derby.

Big fan of the todd father.

Get that dude on a team ready to win. ahem.

Joc looks like the kid that comes by to clean my patio furniture every week.

Rain is supposed to do that.. oh wait.

[Mark68]

Vladdy with two homers.

[Hollyw00d]

Snoop runs like an Angel.

 

Except he dodged the tag.

In his defense, he's probably legitimately high.

[Dick B Back]

Vladdy does not look like an old-timer with a bat in his hands.

[Hollyw00d]

Vladdy does not look like an old-timer with a bat in his hands.

He retired like two years ago

[Blarg]

He retired like two years ago

So did Hamilton but he plays like shit now.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Terrific ending with Albert picking up Petersons brother and giving him some attention. This was a no lose situation for Albert in that he made fans happy to see him out there competing and came really close to being in the finals after three incredibly disappointing seasons for him.

Well done Pujols, you represented the team with class.

Seriously made me proud that that Mang is on my team. What a classy dude. Doesn't get enough credit for being a good guy in the sea of douches that is MLB.

[seenoevil]

Pujols did better than I thought

[ELEVEN]

So did Hamilton but he plays like shit now.

For someone else!

[robblin17]

That was great. Pujols up a ton of notches in my book.

It was a feel good seeing him out there where he belongs after three down years.

[Tank]

overall, this was a good format even though it wasn't any shorter in time to watch. i liked the brackets idea and hope they'll continue using that. each match was very competitive and held my attention to the end. it was awesome that a few of the matches went down to the very last pitch.

 

i thought they could have done a better job of explaining the bonus time at the beginning. they just seemed to gloss right past it.

 

once again, chris berman ruined the commentary. whoever negotiated his contract that keeps putting him on the HR derby call every year was an absolute genius.

[ELEVEN]

The 4 mins seemed to be perfect. They should keep it there instead of the 5 min limit they had planned on.

[Tank]

absolutely, 4 min was just enough. liked that you could call a timeout in the middle, too.

[Blarg]

5 minutes would have worn a few of those guys out. The last round Pujols left hand was starting to go, his timeout helped then he faded again. This is a fan fun exhibition but players health should override everything. You know none of them are going to hold back.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

5 minutes would have worn a few of those guys out. The last round Pujols left hand was starting to go, his timeout helped then he faded again. This is a fan fun exhibition but players health should override everything. You know none of them are going to hold back.

 

Some of those guys were gassed after 2:20.   Four minutes is plenty.   

 

The format might encourage other guys to do it.   I could see Trout and Harper wanting to do it in the format as was presented last night.   I don't know if that's a good thing, or if they want to encourage Trout vs Harper until the end of time.

[mancini79]

Instead of the bonus time being earned for HRs over 425 feet, change it to consecutive HRs. Maybe 3?

[Stradling]

Change it to 3 minutes, give them a 30 second timeout, and get rid of the wait till it lands before pitching rule. Give extra time based on distance or number of homers in a row. Make it so you can earn more than 30 bonus seconds.

[mancini79]

I wonder if some of the players that declined this year were regretting it after all the excitement. The new format kicks @ss.

[robblin17]

Change it to 3 minutes, give them a 30 second timeout, and get rid of the wait till it lands before pitching rule. Give extra time based on distance or number of homers in a row. Make it so you can earn more than 30 bonus seconds.

 

I think you are going to run into a viewing issues on television if you do not wait until it lands. Even last night, Frazier was ahead of the cameras at some points because of the way he was being pitched by his brother. 

[tomsred]

I thought it was really fun, but I would look at the situation where the second hitter has the advantage of knowing how many he has to hit to win.  If they surpass the first guy, they get a real break by being able to stop and not continue to expend their energy.  They also know what kind of pace to create to surpass the first hitter's total.  Maybe there is no way to fix that one, someone will always have to hit first.

Edited July 14, 2015 by tomsred

[Angel Oracle]

Probably just as well that Pujols didn't advance to the finals, seeing him win the first round was enough for me.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Change it to 3 minutes, give them a 30 second timeout, and get rid of the wait till it lands before pitching rule. Give extra time based on distance or number of homers in a row. Make it so you can earn more than 30 bonus seconds.

Agreed.