The format is okay, but it would be better if they got rid of the 30 second additional time.i remember the steroid era when guys like McGuire, Sosa, and Bonds were hitting multiple 500+ foot shots.. this new format is more exciting though
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Uruk-Hai
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My dad entered a lottery for tickets the year it was at Camden Yards ('93?). And he won. I don't know how it works now, but you got tickets to both the HRD and the game itself then. He gave the tickets to my brother & I. And I still don't know how he did it, but he got us rooms at the Holiday Inn right at the Inner Harbor.
The Derby was a blast. Juan Gonzales won, IIRC. I've been going to MLB games for 50 years now and he hit the hardest ball I've ever seen. It hit the facade of the upper deck in left field and was still going up. But the biggest cheers went to Ken Griffey, Jr who hit the Warehouse and broke a window.
Before the Derby, the players were out taking grounders along with some celebrities. I remember Kevin Costner being out there. Michael Jordan, too.
My brother & I were sitting in a hotel bar talking to Burt Sugarman about boxing. In walked Jim Palmer, Fergie Jenkins, and Tug McGraw - who was wearing a tuxedo and no shoes.
The game itself was fine, but it was so damned hot we left before it was over.
The Derby was a blast. Juan Gonzales won, IIRC. I've been going to MLB games for 50 years now and he hit the hardest ball I've ever seen. It hit the facade of the upper deck in left field and was still going up. But the biggest cheers went to Ken Griffey, Jr who hit the Warehouse and broke a window.
Before the Derby, the players were out taking grounders along with some celebrities. I remember Kevin Costner being out there. Michael Jordan, too.
My brother & I were sitting in a hotel bar talking to Burt Sugarman about boxing. In walked Jim Palmer, Fergie Jenkins, and Tug McGraw - who was wearing a tuxedo and no shoes.
The game itself was fine, but it was so damned hot we left before it was over.
James Daulton
Footballguy
Not HRD specific but how is it that the best major sports stadium in America (just right down the road from Nationals Park) has hosted a grand total of 1 All Star game? And that one game was like 20 years ago.
SMH
SMH
Epic Problem
Footballguy
There are 30 MLB teams out there. How often to you think Baltimore should get it, more than once every 30?
heckmanm
Footballguy
Epic Problem
Footballguy
Looks like only Pittsburgh has hosted it twice since BAL hosted it last.
Cleveland and LA Dodgers are next in line. Cleveland will be a repeat and I have no idea why that dump is getting it again. Especially before Camden.
As for the Dodgers, they haven't hosted it since 1980. Now there's a team with a gripe.
Cleveland and LA Dodgers are next in line. Cleveland will be a repeat and I have no idea why that dump is getting it again. Especially before Camden.
As for the Dodgers, they haven't hosted it since 1980. Now there's a team with a gripe.
Maik Jeaunz
Footballguy
I honestly don't give a #### either way, but Harper clearly cheated. when he was trying to catch up to Schwarber at the end, he gave his pops the "throw another one" motion while his last hit was still on it's way up.
they should just do away with that rule if they're not gonna enforce it when it matters. just have the pitchers keep throwing balls like Will Ferrell in Elf. guys might be able to hit 100 homers in a round!
they should just do away with that rule if they're not gonna enforce it when it matters. just have the pitchers keep throwing balls like Will Ferrell in Elf. guys might be able to hit 100 homers in a round!
TobiasFunke
Footballguy
FWIW the Orioles are also in a prolonged litigation battle with MLB regarding their payment for the rights to broadcast Nationals games ... rights that were granted as an unprecedented concession to the Orioles in exchange for putting a team nearby in the first place. I believe the Nats are the only team in the four major American sports that doesn't control their own broadcast rights.
When someone gives you a massive nine figure gift and you sue them because you think you're paying too much in fees related to the gift, the person you're suing isn't gonna be in the mood to do you any more favors.
ChiefD
Footballguy
They won't do it because the kids in the outfield may be focused on the first ball and get drilled with the second one because they aren't paying attention.
Maik Jeaunz
Footballguy
Plaid Boxer
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Stuart Ullman
Footballguy
Dickie Dunn
Footballguy
I don't care if it's a pitching machine firing them off at five-second intervals ... hitting nine bombs in the final minute, never mind nine in a row, is just absurd.
Dickie Dunn
Footballguy
I believe Griffey still is the only one who has hit the warehouse on the fly. One of the last times I was there I took pics of a lot of the various markers they have out there where balls have landed ... it's pretty ridiculous where that thing hit.
Maybe they can work that into the scoring. Bonus points for knocking down targets in the outfield.
Parrothead
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