Home Run Derby - Live Blogging
Time for some live blogging of the Home Run Derby. I'm rooting for Carlos Lee to win, as he's from my favorite team the Milwaukee Brewers.
They're talking about Lee being the winner of the right-handers, but the stadium is better for left-handed hitters. They being Chris Berman and Joe Morgan on the television. On a side note the Detroit fans just don't seem to into it. Maybe it's the way ESPN has the mics setup around the stadium, but it sounds real quiet there.
Bobby Abreu takes the first pitch in the Derby yard, cool. Abreu's up to seven home runs now and only three outs (he gets nine). He is going to get tired before the first round is over.
They're sure showing a lot of camera's (video and still) that are in the players hands. Wow, Abreu just blasted his 10th home run517 ft, out of the stands. Anyway, I wonder if they're going to be putting the resulting media up on Flickr or OurMedia, that would sure be cool. I wonder how many thousands people would count Ken Griffy Jr. as a friend?
We're still not done with the first batter, man this should be a podcast. It would be perfect for that. I could sit here with the Axim and just record. If I had an HD TV this would be even better to watch. Abreu's now one home run away from tying the record for home runs in a round, and he just did it. He has now broken that record with 16. The players are having a lot of fun with it, fun to watch. 17, 18 he just doubled his season total, 19, 20, 21 broken bat, 22, 23, 24. Just short. He's on his last out now. Bounces it off the wall for his last out. Wow, what a performance.
Sanity has returned, Jason Bay is up now and he has eight outs with any home runs, make that nine outs. Gold Ball pitch, and it's an out. I'm sorry for Canada. Venezula is the current leader. The Derby has eight players representing eight countries.
Carlos Lee is up now. He's got 3 home runs, make that four home runs, and four outs. He doesn't need to beat Abreu, just be one of the top four to move on to the next round. Five dingers. Lee is representing his native Panama. He apparently has a ranch there now with 6,000 cattle, that's a lot. Lee has six now. He's making some amusing grunting noises when he hits one that's not a homer. There goes number seven. That's eight, a nice shot. Wow, that was one heck of a grunt. Gold ball home, 21,000 dollars to charity. Another 21,000, that's number 10. Boom, number 11, another 21,000. A grunt and he's done. He should be moving on to the next round.
Here's a photo of Comerica Park, where the Derby is taking place, from a nearby buliding.
Hee-Seop Choi just put out five. My man Carlos is sitting comfortably in second right now. Detroit player Ivan Rodriguez is swinging right now, he has four home runs and seven outs. General Motors did something pretty awesome to their building for the Derby, check it out, smart marketing on their part. Pudge ends up with seven.
David Ortiz of the Red Sox jacked seventeen home runs, but as long as he could beat seven he would move on to the second round. With Pudge's seven my man Carlos Lee was ensured a spot in the second round. Andrew Jones the season home run leader is done with five. The next round will be Abreu, Lee, Pudge, and Ortiz.
We're done. The United States represented by Mark Teixeira managed to get only two home runs. Between Canada and the United States, North America is sure rounding up the rear tonight.
Second Round! - Abreu just isn't doing it this round, four home runs and nine outs. Make that five.
Carlos Lee is up now and has four home runs and three outs. Looking good so far. Oh no, things started looking bad and now he's stuck with four. He looked like he was pretty tired. Hopefully this happens to the other players.
Pudge has now hit four. Make that five. Lee is done and so am I. I'm going to sign out, the urge to play NBA Live 2004 has become too much. See you later. I'll update this with the winner when it's all said and done.
Tags: Home Run Derby, MLB, Bobby Abreu
They're talking about Lee being the winner of the right-handers, but the stadium is better for left-handed hitters. They being Chris Berman and Joe Morgan on the television. On a side note the Detroit fans just don't seem to into it. Maybe it's the way ESPN has the mics setup around the stadium, but it sounds real quiet there.
Bobby Abreu takes the first pitch in the Derby yard, cool. Abreu's up to seven home runs now and only three outs (he gets nine). He is going to get tired before the first round is over.
They're sure showing a lot of camera's (video and still) that are in the players hands. Wow, Abreu just blasted his 10th home run517 ft, out of the stands. Anyway, I wonder if they're going to be putting the resulting media up on Flickr or OurMedia, that would sure be cool. I wonder how many thousands people would count Ken Griffy Jr. as a friend?
We're still not done with the first batter, man this should be a podcast. It would be perfect for that. I could sit here with the Axim and just record. If I had an HD TV this would be even better to watch. Abreu's now one home run away from tying the record for home runs in a round, and he just did it. He has now broken that record with 16. The players are having a lot of fun with it, fun to watch. 17, 18 he just doubled his season total, 19, 20, 21 broken bat, 22, 23, 24. Just short. He's on his last out now. Bounces it off the wall for his last out. Wow, what a performance.
Sanity has returned, Jason Bay is up now and he has eight outs with any home runs, make that nine outs. Gold Ball pitch, and it's an out. I'm sorry for Canada. Venezula is the current leader. The Derby has eight players representing eight countries.
Carlos Lee is up now. He's got 3 home runs, make that four home runs, and four outs. He doesn't need to beat Abreu, just be one of the top four to move on to the next round. Five dingers. Lee is representing his native Panama. He apparently has a ranch there now with 6,000 cattle, that's a lot. Lee has six now. He's making some amusing grunting noises when he hits one that's not a homer. There goes number seven. That's eight, a nice shot. Wow, that was one heck of a grunt. Gold ball home, 21,000 dollars to charity. Another 21,000, that's number 10. Boom, number 11, another 21,000. A grunt and he's done. He should be moving on to the next round.
Here's a photo of Comerica Park, where the Derby is taking place, from a nearby buliding.
Hee-Seop Choi just put out five. My man Carlos is sitting comfortably in second right now. Detroit player Ivan Rodriguez is swinging right now, he has four home runs and seven outs. General Motors did something pretty awesome to their building for the Derby, check it out, smart marketing on their part. Pudge ends up with seven.
David Ortiz of the Red Sox jacked seventeen home runs, but as long as he could beat seven he would move on to the second round. With Pudge's seven my man Carlos Lee was ensured a spot in the second round. Andrew Jones the season home run leader is done with five. The next round will be Abreu, Lee, Pudge, and Ortiz.
We're done. The United States represented by Mark Teixeira managed to get only two home runs. Between Canada and the United States, North America is sure rounding up the rear tonight.
Second Round! - Abreu just isn't doing it this round, four home runs and nine outs. Make that five.
Carlos Lee is up now and has four home runs and three outs. Looking good so far. Oh no, things started looking bad and now he's stuck with four. He looked like he was pretty tired. Hopefully this happens to the other players.
Pudge has now hit four. Make that five. Lee is done and so am I. I'm going to sign out, the urge to play NBA Live 2004 has become too much. See you later. I'll update this with the winner when it's all said and done.
Tags: Home Run Derby, MLB, Bobby Abreu
posted by Jeramey @ 7/11/2005 07:30:00 PM
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