Running Home Run Derby Thread

Got that fuckin' right.

 

If it were a cussing derby, Mike Fucking Shashevsky would be the grand fucking champion forever fucking more.

 

Not only that, but whomever does it instantly adds their jersey to my closet.

 

All-Star or team jersey?

 

Ha! See that teenager just catch a fly, gesture as if he was gonna throw it into the stands, then turn away? Classic. Little prick.

Almost replaces that Sammy Sosa display of a few years ago as my favorite Derby memory. Weeks after Rick Reilly grandstanded with Sosa and steroid testing in his column, Sosa smacks tape-measure homers at the Derby, sweating like a pig with a backwards baseball cap that looks two sizes too small. And Berman screaming about how "he's answering his critics!"

Sure was. he was saying, "Yup, I'm on the 'roids."  

 

I still don't understand why they wear the All-Star jerseys tonight and their team jerseys tomorrow.

 

Merchandising.
Greed.

 

Joe and the Fatman just got done saying the kids shagging the balls should let them hit the ground or wall, instead of catching them.

Are you fucking kidding me? All I would do is run around and try to rob home runs. That's it. If it doesn't have a chance of leaving the yard, I ain't goin' for it. It's not like they're going to bring the kid back next year.

 

I'm still trying to figure out why Steve Sax wore white cleats in the '86 ('85 maybe?) All Star game.

 

I haven't seen it yet, but one of my buds planned to tote around a YWML sign (translation should be obvious) tonight.

 

Speaking of which, did anyone catch that footage of Daryle Ward while Berman was soiling himself over the only in-game homer to reach the water on the fly? (Still counts as one run, as far as I know). I mean, holy GOD. I don't know if he looked like a horse, or if horses resemble him.

 

How 'bout that scrawny teenager who stole a homer from David Wright, then got booed by the crowd....