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Yawn

I miss the days of Griffey Jr. and Josh Hamilton

Now we get fly by nights like "the Big Dumper" winning the thing

[QUOTE=hermanotarjeta;19961385]I’ll go with Cal since everyone seems to be down on him, lol.[/QUOTE]

As per usual BO prognostication - the least “popular” choice wins.

Dawggone it, I’m good.

[QUOTE=hermanotarjeta;19961580]As per usual BO prognostication - the least “popular” choice wins.

Dawggone it, I’m good.[/QUOTE]

Nice, how much was your bet?

[QUOTE=Rage;19961610]Nice, how much was your bet?[/QUOTE]

I won the internet.

Now the question is will the big dumper have a HR derby champ slump? I hope Cal keeps rollin'

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[QUOTE=kidfan9;19961329]Byron Buxton +750
Matt Olson +950
Junior Caminero +1000
Brent Rooker +1000

$100 on each and you should be happy when the night is done![/QUOTE]

Ouch. I did love Junior finishing the 2nd round quickly only to turn around and be too tired to even swing at the last pitches of the final round.

2025 - The Year of the Big Dumper continues .

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Does he hit 60+ this year?

[QUOTE=finfangfan;19961649]Does he hit 60+ this year?[/QUOTE]

I hope so

[QUOTE=kidfan9;19961329]Byron Buxton +750
Matt Olson +950
Junior Caminero +1000
Brent Rooker +1000

$100 on each and you should be happy when the night is done![/QUOTE]

File this under "comments that aged like yogurt sitting outside in mid-July".

[QUOTE=Siberian13;19961488]Olson finding his groove[/QUOTE]

The pitching by Perez left a lot to be desired. The first half seemed very inconsistent with pitch placement and Olson still had 4 pitches left when the clock ran out. He still managed to get 15 despite the poor start.

[QUOTE=JustinVerlander07;19961361]I'd short on Cal big time if I could.[/QUOTE]

This is why I don't gamble!

[QUOTE=BoSoxFan1999;19961669]File this under "comments that aged like yogurt sitting outside in mid-July".[/QUOTE]

To be fair, maybe he was still happy. :cry:

I really don't like the timed format. It presents awfully on TV and you end up only being able to see where like every other ball goes. It also puts way too much pressure on the pitcher to be able to consistently put the ball in a viable spot - it's the home run derby, I don't care who has the best BP pitcher, I want to see who hits the most moonshots, and to actually be able to see and appreciate each jack. You have Oneil Cruz hitting something 500 and you don't even have time to enjoy it!

I get the old format was way too long and dragged on forever so you need to do something to move it along, I just don't think the timed format is good entertainment. Maybe keep the first round timed to get it over with, but then I'd love to see the final round completely untimed, maybe the last 2 rounds

Glad to see Buxton with a decent showing though, wish his second round was better but his first round was a lot of fun

I find myself fascinated by the chains these guys wear at the home run derby each year. I'd love to know how much Arozarena's chains are worth, and Caminero's look like something that came out of a 16th century shipwreck.

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Didn't watch. Did Cruz give up in this too?

[QUOTE=Hollywood42;19961707]I really don't like the timed format. It presents awfully on TV and you end up only being able to see where like every other ball goes. It also puts way too much pressure on the pitcher to be able to consistently put the ball in a viable spot - it's the home run derby, I don't care who has the best BP pitcher, I want to see who hits the most moonshots, and to actually be able to see and appreciate each jack. You have Oneil Cruz hitting something 500 and you don't even have time to enjoy it!

I get the old format was way too long and dragged on forever so you need to do something to move it along, I just don't think the timed format is good entertainment. Maybe keep the first round timed to get it over with, but then I'd love to see the final round completely untimed, maybe the last 2 rounds

Glad to see Buxton with a decent showing though, wish his second round was better but his first round was a lot of fun[/QUOTE]

The tv presentation was awful with the split screen. I don't know if they do it this way to justify the ticket price but its way too long. 2 rds max. Has anyone gone in person? Is a 3hr hr derby really that entertaining?

[QUOTE=JRX;19961794]The tv presentation was awful with the split screen. I don't know if they do it this way to justify the ticket price but its way too long. 2 rds max. Has anyone gone in person? Is a 3hr hr derby really that entertaining?[/QUOTE]
Ask any of the Topps Platinum members, they are invited every year to the HR Derby

Also they really needed that split screen ad during the 30sec time out? Is espn that strapped for cash?

Cal is such an easy guy to root for and I love seeing his incredible season continue to gain momentum.

So Major League Baseball apparently has the technological ability to split atoms, but cannot figure out balls & strikes. Okay.

According to this graphic, MLB can measure distance down to 1.2 ten-billionths of an inch.

This is approximately 2.54 picometers

As 1 inch = 25.4 mm and 1 mm = 10^9 nm

1/12,000,000,000 inch ≈ 2.54 × 10^-12 meters = 2.54 pm

For some perspective, the diameter of an oxygen molecule is 292 pm, or 114.96 times larger than what MLB can supposedly measure with statcast.

A single oxygen atom, though, is only 59.84 times large than this supposed measurement.

Now, because I am a loser, and I hate being lied to, I have done some research...

To measure something that small, between 1–10 picometers, one would require either Atomic Force Microscopy or X-ray Crystallography, which, to the best of my knowledge, are used to study differences between cancer cells and healthy cells, create designer drugs, or improve materials for technology by revealing details about atoms and molecules.

More precisely, they would need something like Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, which can detect how much atoms wiggle. Again, using oxygen as our example, this is between 2-3 picometers—look at that! MLB's 2.54 pm accuracy falls right in there!

BUT here's the problem...

Statcast is fundamentally incapable of achieving measurements at the picometer scale, such as the implied 2.54 picometer example provided by MLB below.

Statcast relies on a combination of X-band Doppler radar (operating at 8-12 GHz with a wavelength of 25-37.5 mm) and high-speed stereoscopic cameras to track baseballs and players in real-time across the stadium. These systems are designed for macroscopic measurements, with a practical accuracy of about one inch (25.4 mm) for batted ball distances, though it is accurate down to about 0.1 inches (2.54 mm) on balls at the plate.

Regardless, the picometer scale (those decimals furthest to the right in the graphic) is roughly 10^10 times smaller than even Statcast’s best resolution.

In fact, measuring anything so small is pretty much impossible without the aforementioned technology and a stable, vacuum sealed lab with no air, absolute zero temperature (-452°F), and zero vibration.

...now, Atlanta isn't THAT bad... or was it, @Brent_Rooker25?

All of this, after all that wasted time and banked new, useless knowledge, just to say...

Oh, and my lawyer still says this stuff is my opinion.

Cal Raleigh advanced by LESS THAN 0.1 FEET

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