MLB HR Derby Thread

• Ironman92

  

  Who would you choose as your 4 to win it.....and who would you choose just because you wanted to see them do it.
  
  I would choose: AL Ortiz, Hamliton, Jose Bautista and Miguel Cabrera
  NL Kemp, Tulo, McCann and Fielder
  
  Want to see: AL Ichiro, Dunn, Mitch Moreland, Nelson Cruz
  NL Wily Mo, Mike Stanton, Carlos Pena, Carlos Gonzalez
  
  I think Wily Mo would put on a show no one would ever forget.
• karen lotz

  

  McCann isn't a HR hitter. I'd rather see a true All Star in it as well. Someone like Placido Polanco.
• dave

  NL: Prince, Howard, Wily Mo, Kemp
  
  AL: Bautista, Hamilton, Dunn, ARod
• karen lotz

  

  I'd like to see Ichiro in it. Everyone who watches BP raves about his first round of swings and says he hits some absolute bombs.
• Gardens35

  Off topic here, but for those that don't know:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Run_Derby_%28TV_series%29
  
  Hank Aaron, Rocky Colavito, Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson, Eddie Mathews.....from time to time on ESPN Classic.
  
  
  
  
  End of Rant.
• wildcats20

  

  All they need to do is have the Reds pitchers throw and there would be record numbers put up.
• Ironman92

  

  Gardens35;822085 wrote:Off topic here, but for those that don't know:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Run_Derby_%28TV_series%29
  
  Hank Aaron, Rocky Colavito, Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson, Eddie Mathews.....from time to time on ESPN Classic.
  
  
  
  
  End of Rant.

  
  Those are just timeless...don't even seem real. Solid footage!
• Ironman92

  

  wildcats20;822086 wrote:All they need to do is have the Reds pitchers throw and there would be record numbers put up.

  
  Just for a sideshow event I'd like to see Aroldis Chapman cranking fastballs down the middle and let Wily Mo hack at them as hard as he can until he gets one elevated just to see how far a ball can be hit.
• TigerNation10

  

  Official lineup:
  
  Ortiz, Bautista, Cano, A. Gonzalez
  Fielder, Weeks, Holliday, Kemp
• se-alum

  

  TigerNation10;822455 wrote:Official lineup:
  
  Ortiz, Bautista, Cano, A. Gonzalez
  Fielder, Weeks, Holliday, Kemp

  Those lineups don't interest me in the least.
• Laley23

  

  Who Id choose:
  AL: Miguel Cabrera, Bautista, Hamilton, Reynolds
  NL: Prince, Kemp, Howard, Pena
  
  Who Id like:
  AL: Ichiro, Granderson, Lind, Bautista
  NL: CarGo, Michael Morse (cause he is a mammoth of a human), Justin Upton (Home Park, and he hits some BOMBS when he connects), Willy Mo (because he is twice the man Morse is)
• karen lotz

  

  Looks good Laley although I might sub in Mike Stanton for CarGo.
• Laley23

  

  karen lotz;822486 wrote:Looks good Laley although I might sub in Mike Stanton for CarGo.

  
  Good call actually. Maybe Freeman for Upton also, just so we could have 30 feet and 2 ton of humans.
• wildcats20

  

  Where did I see the other day that Brucey would be on the NL squad? I swear I saw it....
• ts1227

  

  wildcats20;822696 wrote:Where did I see the other day that Brucey would be on the NL squad? I swear I saw it....

  
  Cincinnati.com had an article where Bruce said he would do it if asked, maybe that's what you saw?
• Ty Webb

  

  This lineup sucks.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Ty Webb;822719 wrote:This lineup sucks.

  
  You know what, YOU SUCK!
• baseballstud24

  If it doesn't have Hamilton in it, I'm not interested.
• Ty Webb

  

  ernest_t_bass;822865 wrote:You know what, YOU SUCK!

  
  Thank you for caring!
• Ironman92

  

  In the real derby....I'm taking the AL
  
  Cano will shine.
• dave

  Am I reading that right, 3 lefties for the AL and 3 righties for NL? Anyone know where it's easier to hit it out in AZ?
• dave

  Ironman92;823785 wrote:In the real derby....I'm taking the AL
  
  Cano will shine.

  
  I think so too. At least in round 1.
• Laley23

  

  dave;823871 wrote:Am I reading that right, 3 lefties for the AL and 3 righties for NL? Anyone know where it's easier to hit it out in AZ?

  
  In that park, in that summer air, anywhere lol. The ball FLYS out of that park.
• Ironman92

  

  ccrunner609;824034 wrote:crowd looks full of assholes....oh wait they are in NY.

  
  Ok
• TBone14

  

  Heard a guy from Yahoo sports on Rome the other day. His idea is to let the guys uses college bats. Would allow for some absolute bombs. I would watch that. Won't watch this.