They did it, they actually did it. ESPN has actually made the homerun derby boring. For weeks they have been shoving the AL vs NL battle for the 2011 derby down our throats. League versus League they said, its ganna be great. Well tonights the night and all it is is the same individual battle its always been, except a couple of guys get to pick players for each side this year. It was suppose to start at eight and the first pitch didn't come until around 8:20 but don't worry we got a cool concert from some unknown country band and they had like pretty big sparklers behind the stage it was really sick. Then there is the grouping, I like each player on each side but it is actually just a boring group, like no personality outside of Papi. Papi is the man everyone of his guys came up during introductions and looked pumped, he first pumped and hug each one and they were all smiles. Then came the national group, Prince is the worst captain. It looked like no one wanted to be there, not a hug or a smile from anyone. Even with the Major League homerun leader in the mix, Jose Bautista, just boring. Rickie Weeks? Come on Prince. And the commentators, Christ. Chris Berman is awful and needs to quit, Nomar is the new Joe Morgan, just as boring as they come, Kruk is awesome but he's not Charles Barkley, he can't carry this shit by himself. They turned it into the new slam dunk contest and that shit got old real fast. ESPN you have sucked the life out of a sport once again.
UPDATE - Boy does this kid have egg on his face. This was quite a knee jerk reaction post, eh? Turns out this is one of the best derby's ever. ROBINSON CANO AND ADRIAN GONZALEZ ARE AWESOME, ESPN CONTINUES TO SUCK.
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