Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Home Run Derby

I watched the Derby last nite, which i always do, and i started off wishing that they would bring back steroids to make it more interesting. But overall in the end i think it was a success and very entertaining for several reasons. First and foremost Josh Hamilton can flat out mash. His stat line from the first rd was 28 HR Avg Dist 445' Long 518' Total Dist 12458'. 3 of them were 500+ ft. One of his shots was an opposite field shot that easily cleared the wall in left center, known as "Death Valley" to the Yankee Stadium faithful. It was quite a show. Other then that there were several entertaining things that happened if you payed attention. When Chase Utley was introduced he got booed by the NY crowd. He wasn't mic'd up but there was one close by cuz you clearly heard him say "Boo? Fuck you." It was absolutely hilarious i watched it at least 5 times. In the first rd Ryan Braun hit a home run off of a "Tysons chicken" sign on the facade of the left field upper deck. The slogan on the sign was "Trimmed and Ready". Trimmed and Ready sounds like the name of a porn that a horny old man would buy who is infatuated with the fact that women now a days shave their bush. During Hamilton's onslaught he hit several balls into the black. On one occasion you see fans running in the black seats after the ball with cops chasing them. The camera cuts away for a second then when it comes back you see a fan in a jersey with the number 7 on the back (it could have been a road Yankees jersey for Mantle but the color looked more light blue then gray) You see the guy in the jersey bolt down a tunnel with a cop following closely behind and you see that a cop clearly has both hands around the neck of the other guy.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My favorite parts were all of Rick Riellys retarded comments.

"Josh Hamilton found a new way to get High!"

"It's a lousy night to be an Athiest"

God I don't even remember all the stupid shit he said last night. He was the worst guy on a broadcast team that had both Joe Morgan and Chris Berman on it. Holy Shit

Marty