Gameday Thread: Homerun Derby - Who are you picking?

[T.G.]

Make your pick.

[jsnpritchett]

[T.G.]

I may or may not watch...   but... I'm picking the Polar Bear.

[Chuck]

I'm going to sound like an old curmudgeon but I have zero interest in this home run derby or All-Star game. 

Without Trout or any of the Angels young stars, it just feels flat and uninteresting to me. 

Our lone All-Star will probably be on a different team in two weeks.

[HanfordGuy]

Ramirez and Bohm make the finals and Ramirez wins.

[Chuck]

That said, I hope one of the younger dudes like Bobby Witt Jr. or Gunner Henderson wins.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Chuck said:

I'm going to sound like an old curmudgeon but I have zero interest in this home run derby or All-Star game. 

Without Trout or any of the Angels young stars, it just feels flat and uninteresting to me. 

Our lone All-Star will probably be on a different team in two weeks.

Same here.  I'm not going to watch any of the derby or the game tomorrow.

[Erstad Grit]

Wowsers that national anthem

[Tank]

i'm sure the female country singer is a fine musician, but that was hands down the worst rendition of the national anthem i have ever heard in my life. that was absolutely brutal.

[Erstad Grit]

Pete seems to take this very seriously so I'll pick him

[m0nkey]

That was an act of terrorism

[Tank]

Bohm did pretty darn well. I don't know how well 21 will hold up but that was an unexpected and impressive surprise.

[Tank]

bobby witt jr. hits 20.

[Chuck]

17 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Wowsers that national anthem

I’ve been seeing on social media how terrible it was. Can someone post a video or link to the X post?

[Chuck]

Found it. Holy hell wtf was that? 

 

[Tank]

garcia (my pick) totally whiffs in the bonus round. ends up with 18. 

[johndw52]

All star nostalgia. 

 

[Tank]

Just now, johndw52 said:

All star nostalgia. 

 

i don't miss him at all in this event. he was terrible at it.

[Tank]

teoscar hernandez hits 19

so after the first four hitters

bohm 21

witt jr. 20

garcia 18

hernandez 19

[Amazing Larry]

 

[Tank]

pete alonso hits a disappointing 11 (yikes).

bohm automatically advances to round 2. three hitters left.

[Tank]

jose ramirez hits 21, which ties him with bohm. 

two hitters left.

[Slegnaac]

Just tuned in to see how my pick (Ramirez) is fairing.  Looks like he is in the mix.

[Tank]

ozuna hits 16. he's out for the next round. 

gunnar henderson is the last hitter in round 1. 

[Tank]

henderson hits 11, and won't advance.

semis will be bohm v. hernandez and witt jr. v. ramirez.

if you bet $50 on bohm to win, you could be in the running for a nice payday.