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2617299, Tell me yall are watching the Home Run Derby
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Mon Jul-10-17 08:31 PM
As an avowed baseball hater, God bless whoever came up with this format.

Aaron Judge and Justin Bour cranking these joints out like its 1998
2617300, Judge on some Vince Carter dunk contest shit
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Mon Jul-10-17 09:01 PM
2617378, ^THIS^
Posted by KnowOne, Tue Jul-11-17 02:08 PM
nm
2617308, Judge is unreal
Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Mon Jul-10-17 10:02 PM
yeah Bour killed it and Judge just swept him away like it was nothing.

four 500+ ft HRs including one 513 ft and one over that sculpture monstrosity in center. oh and he hit the fucking roof. never seen anything like this before.

and yeah this format really saved the derby from fading into bolivian.

2617312, i wish he would've done the last 2:30 in the final.
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Mon Jul-10-17 10:40 PM
2617321, They didnt even count the roof shot
Posted by Ceej, Tue Jul-11-17 08:16 AM
So Florida of them.
2617324, the roof one might've went 600 ft if it was open.
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Tue Jul-11-17 08:41 AM
2617341, nah he just got dat mandango bloodline
Posted by LAbeathustla, Tue Jul-11-17 10:03 AM
2617309, Juiced baseballs. But Judge is a beast.
Posted by Castro, Mon Jul-10-17 10:17 PM
2617357, ^^^^^
Posted by Dstl1, Tue Jul-11-17 11:27 AM
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2617314, Had no idea Judge was Black until today. #Jankees mang!
Posted by isaaaa, Mon Jul-10-17 11:21 PM

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2617322, Had no idea Blackmon was white till yesterday
Posted by Ceej, Tue Jul-11-17 08:17 AM
2617325, what? he's the new Jeter lol
Posted by ThaTruth, Tue Jul-11-17 08:41 AM
2617361, Seems just as polished as Jeter too
Posted by Ceej, Tue Jul-11-17 11:57 AM
Def next captain
2617362, He's literally Mr. Yankee 2017 if you had someone create him, lol
Posted by Dstl1, Tue Jul-11-17 12:25 PM
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2617337, It's not perfect, but the bracket/beat the clock format
Posted by Marauder21, Tue Jul-11-17 09:53 AM
is a HUGE improvement over what they used to do. Granted nobody is going to put up those Abreu 2005/Hamilton 2008 numbers anymore, but it's actually competitive now. It was genuinely exciting watching Stanton try to get that last HR to tie it up as the clock ticked down or Bellinger getting that bonus round shot at the buzzer.
2617355, RE: Tell me yall are watching the Home Run Derby
Posted by Wonderl33t, Tue Jul-11-17 11:12 AM
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2617375, he played centerfield in college
Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Tue Jul-11-17 01:33 PM
and Keith Law said he was actually pretty decent at it. that's insane.
2617374, and somehow Joel Embiid manages to be right in the center of it all
Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Tue Jul-11-17 01:29 PM
good lord at the size of those mitts.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/joel-embiid-caught-two-home-run-derby-balls-and-they-look-tiny-in-his-massive-hand/

Joel Embiid caught two Home Run Derby balls and they look tiny in his massive hand

76ers big man took in the MLB home run derby from the nightclub in left field

Colin Ward-Henninger
mugshot by Colin Ward-Henninger
@ColinCBSSports
moments ago • 1 min read

Joel Embiid is enjoying Miami during the NBA offseason, and he decided to head over to Marlins Park for Monday's MLB Home Run Derby. And while he was there, why not pick up something to remember the night by?

As he and Philly rapper Meek Mill took in the action from The Clevelander, a nightclub located in left-center field of Marlins Park, the two celebrities had to dodge incoming line drives from gargantuan sluggers like Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.

https://twitter.com/sixers/status/884595091301584896

Embiid was even fortunate enough to snag a couple of the home runs, and he was quick to post his souvenirs to Twitter.

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/884593544018743296

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/884595601840779265

Let's just get one thing straight real quick: Those are regular-sized major league baseballs, not miniature replicas. Embiid's hands are just incredibly massive.

Embiid is listed at 7 feet tall and makes those baseballs look absolutely tiny in his hands. That's not much of a surprise when you consider what a basketball looks like when he's holding it.

https://twitter.com/BobCooney76/status/781903814597062656

Sometimes when we see these guys going up against other gigantic NBA players every night, we forget how huge they are compared to us normal folk.

2617377, Nope, refuse to even acknowledge anything Loria related
Posted by B9, Tue Jul-11-17 01:39 PM
Until some hurricane does the right thing and carries his ass out to sea, not watching anything Marlins related.
2617380, interactive graphic with 3D trajectory + StatCast data for every HR hit
Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Tue Jul-11-17 02:53 PM
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/hr_derby

this might be the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life.
2617386, damn i didn't realize everyone else was going to one side
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Tue Jul-11-17 04:09 PM
judge like "half decent contact? see ya"