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Sorry, Pete Alonso, but Vlad Guerrero Jr. was the Home Run Derby peoples' champ
Mike Oz
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Yahoo Sports•July 9, 2019
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But make no mistake, this was Vlad Guerrero Jr.’s Home Run Derby. He didn’t win the final round, but he won our hearts. He blasted homer after homer — 91 total — on his way to becoming The Peoples’ Champ.
Ninety-one homers dwarfed Alonso’s three-round total of 56, but that’s the trade-off for the Derby’s exciting bracket-style setup that has reinvigorated this event in the past five years. You don’t have to hit the most homers. You just have to win the final round.
So Alonso got the prizes and the history book, but Vlad Jr. damn sure got the glory.
"Oh my God,” Pete Alonso said about Vlad Jr. after his win. “He was so fun to watch. I'm glad I didn't face him in the earlier rounds. Or he probably would have knocked me out."
In the first round, Vlad Jr. hit 29 homers, breaking the record for most in a single round. He matched that in the next round, before getting into an edge-of-your-seat triple tiebreaker with Joc Pederson. By the end of the second round, Guerrero had 69 homers — breaking the record for most homers in a single derby, which belonged to Giancarlo Stanton when he hit 61 in 2016. Vlad was nearly out of gas after those tiebreakers, and while he managed a respectable 22 homers in the final round, it wasn’t enough to hold off Alonso.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #27 of the Toronto Blue Jays reacts in the second round during the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Progressive Field on Monday, July 8, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Getty Images)
Who cares what the record book says. This was the night one of baseball’s most hyped young prospects became one of the game’s biggest stars. This was Vlad Jr. in all of his tater-mashing glory, announcing his presence on the big stage, living up to his famous father’s name, easily winning over the local crowd and no doubt selling a few more No. 27 Toronto Blue Jays jerseys in the process.
Round after round, Guerrero was hitting lasers into the left field bleachers, most of them landing in the two sections of seats under the left side of Progressive Field’s scoreboard. It quickly turned into Vlad Jr. country. They started booing Joc Pederson as he pushed Vlad Jr. to all those tiebreakers. They chanted “Vlad-dy, Vlad-dy!” as he came to bat and left the field.
Robert Ivory wore Vlad Sr.’s Montreal Expos jersey, carried a cutout of Vlad Jr.’s head. He’s a big enough fan of Vlad Sr. that he went to his Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He likes the Indians too — this is Cleveland after all — but he grew up in the era where so many baseball fans were in awe of free-swinging Vlad Guerrero. And now we’re all in awe of his baseball-bashing 20-year-old son.
“It’s indescribable,” Ivory said of Vlad Jr.’s performance. “Seriously. What can you say?”
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He felt like he scored a piece of history when he caught one of Vlad Jr’s second-round homers. As did Tom Zackasee, whose season tickets in the front row of Section 180 paid off on Monday night. He caught two Vlad Jr. homers.
“I moved my season tickets here three years ago just to get a shot at the Home Run Derby,” Zackasee said. “I told my friend, we probably have the best chance to catch a ball from [Vlad Jr.]. I saw him warming up and he was crushing ‘em. It’s the memory of a lifetime.”
And when he tells those stories in the future, maybe he’ll include the footnote that Vlad Jr. didn’t actually win the Home Run Derby that night. But that will come after the 91 homers, after the amazing tiebreaker rounds when he wouldn’t die, after he recounts the the excitement of the performance that blew the mind of every baseball fan watching.
This was one of those “I remember where I was when it happened” nights. This was a story parents will tell their children. It was the thing of legends —the night a 20-year-old with a Hall of Fame dad made us all believe.
“This is only his first year,” Ivory said. “It’s gonna be crazy how big he gets.”
Makes you wonder if one day Vlad Jr. can break 100 homers in a single Derby. It might be the only thing that could top this.
https://sports.yahoo.com/sorry-pete...es-champ-of-the-home-run-derby-040515460.html
Mike Oz
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Yahoo Sports•July 9, 2019
0:07
2:44
MLB All-Star Game 2019: What being here means to the first-timers
But make no mistake, this was Vlad Guerrero Jr.’s Home Run Derby. He didn’t win the final round, but he won our hearts. He blasted homer after homer — 91 total — on his way to becoming The Peoples’ Champ.
Ninety-one homers dwarfed Alonso’s three-round total of 56, but that’s the trade-off for the Derby’s exciting bracket-style setup that has reinvigorated this event in the past five years. You don’t have to hit the most homers. You just have to win the final round.
So Alonso got the prizes and the history book, but Vlad Jr. damn sure got the glory.
"Oh my God,” Pete Alonso said about Vlad Jr. after his win. “He was so fun to watch. I'm glad I didn't face him in the earlier rounds. Or he probably would have knocked me out."
In the first round, Vlad Jr. hit 29 homers, breaking the record for most in a single round. He matched that in the next round, before getting into an edge-of-your-seat triple tiebreaker with Joc Pederson. By the end of the second round, Guerrero had 69 homers — breaking the record for most homers in a single derby, which belonged to Giancarlo Stanton when he hit 61 in 2016. Vlad was nearly out of gas after those tiebreakers, and while he managed a respectable 22 homers in the final round, it wasn’t enough to hold off Alonso.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #27 of the Toronto Blue Jays reacts in the second round during the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Progressive Field on Monday, July 8, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Getty Images)
Who cares what the record book says. This was the night one of baseball’s most hyped young prospects became one of the game’s biggest stars. This was Vlad Jr. in all of his tater-mashing glory, announcing his presence on the big stage, living up to his famous father’s name, easily winning over the local crowd and no doubt selling a few more No. 27 Toronto Blue Jays jerseys in the process.
Round after round, Guerrero was hitting lasers into the left field bleachers, most of them landing in the two sections of seats under the left side of Progressive Field’s scoreboard. It quickly turned into Vlad Jr. country. They started booing Joc Pederson as he pushed Vlad Jr. to all those tiebreakers. They chanted “Vlad-dy, Vlad-dy!” as he came to bat and left the field.
Robert Ivory wore Vlad Sr.’s Montreal Expos jersey, carried a cutout of Vlad Jr.’s head. He’s a big enough fan of Vlad Sr. that he went to his Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He likes the Indians too — this is Cleveland after all — but he grew up in the era where so many baseball fans were in awe of free-swinging Vlad Guerrero. And now we’re all in awe of his baseball-bashing 20-year-old son.
“It’s indescribable,” Ivory said of Vlad Jr.’s performance. “Seriously. What can you say?”
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This is how you do it: Vlad Sr. Expos jersey, Vlad Jr. fathead and a Vlad Jr. #HomeRunDerby ball he caught on the fly.
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He felt like he scored a piece of history when he caught one of Vlad Jr’s second-round homers. As did Tom Zackasee, whose season tickets in the front row of Section 180 paid off on Monday night. He caught two Vlad Jr. homers.
“I moved my season tickets here three years ago just to get a shot at the Home Run Derby,” Zackasee said. “I told my friend, we probably have the best chance to catch a ball from [Vlad Jr.]. I saw him warming up and he was crushing ‘em. It’s the memory of a lifetime.”
And when he tells those stories in the future, maybe he’ll include the footnote that Vlad Jr. didn’t actually win the Home Run Derby that night. But that will come after the 91 homers, after the amazing tiebreaker rounds when he wouldn’t die, after he recounts the the excitement of the performance that blew the mind of every baseball fan watching.
This was one of those “I remember where I was when it happened” nights. This was a story parents will tell their children. It was the thing of legends —the night a 20-year-old with a Hall of Fame dad made us all believe.
“This is only his first year,” Ivory said. “It’s gonna be crazy how big he gets.”
Makes you wonder if one day Vlad Jr. can break 100 homers in a single Derby. It might be the only thing that could top this.
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2019 MLB All-Star Game predictions, odds: NL vs. AL Midsummer Classic
Cleveland will host the 2019 MLB All-Star Game for the sixth time ever and for the second time at Progressive Field, when the American and National Leagues clash on Tuesday. First pitch is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET. The first time Cleveland hosted was in 1935 at massive Cleveland Stadium, which also boasts the two largest All-Star Game crowds - 72,086 in 1981 and 69,751 in 1954. The last time Cleveland hosted was 22 years ago, when the AL won 3-1 and hometown hero Sandy Alomar was named MVP. The AL is 3-2 in games played in Cleveland, but it was the NL's Pete Alonso who took home the Home Run Derby title on Monday. According to the latest 2019 MLB All-Star Game odds, the AL is a -120 favorite, while the NL is even money. Before locking in any 2019 All-Star Game picks and MLB predictions of your own, you'll want to see what SportsLine's top MLB handicapper, Adam Thompson, has to say.
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Now he's dialed in on NL vs. AL in the MLB All-Star Game 2019 and locked in his picks over at SportsLine.
Thompson has considered that the American League will be hosting its first All-Star Game in an AL ballpark since 2014, when Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins, got the honor.
Second baseman DJ LeMahieu of the New York Yankees continues his torrid first-half pace. He had a 14-game hitting streak snapped on July 2, but rebounded with hits in his last four games. He hit five home runs in the second half of June and has a dozen homers and 63 RBIs on the season.
But just because the American League has owned the National League of late does not mean it is the best value on the 2019 MLB All-Star Game money line.
The NL comes armed to the MLB All-Star Game 2019 with plenty of firepower. Outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Atlanta Braves has been red-hot against American League teams, going 8-for-25 with a double and five RBIs in interleague play so far this season. His teammate, Freddie Freeman entered the weekend on a tear as well, with hits in five straight games and 23 home runs this season.
Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras is 11-for-24 against American League pitching this season, including two doubles, six homers and 12 RBIs. He logged an impressive a two-homer, five-RBI performance against the crosstown rival White SoxJune 19. NL starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu is 10-2 with a stellar 1.73 ERA. Since the beginning of May, Ryu has allowed more than one earned run in just two starts.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...ummer-classic-picks-from-top-baseball-expert/
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- 33 mins ago • 2 min read
Cleveland will host the 2019 MLB All-Star Game for the sixth time ever and for the second time at Progressive Field, when the American and National Leagues clash on Tuesday. First pitch is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET. The first time Cleveland hosted was in 1935 at massive Cleveland Stadium, which also boasts the two largest All-Star Game crowds - 72,086 in 1981 and 69,751 in 1954. The last time Cleveland hosted was 22 years ago, when the AL won 3-1 and hometown hero Sandy Alomar was named MVP. The AL is 3-2 in games played in Cleveland, but it was the NL's Pete Alonso who took home the Home Run Derby title on Monday. According to the latest 2019 MLB All-Star Game odds, the AL is a -120 favorite, while the NL is even money. Before locking in any 2019 All-Star Game picks and MLB predictions of your own, you'll want to see what SportsLine's top MLB handicapper, Adam Thompson, has to say.
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Now he's dialed in on NL vs. AL in the MLB All-Star Game 2019 and locked in his picks over at SportsLine.
Thompson has considered that the American League will be hosting its first All-Star Game in an AL ballpark since 2014, when Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins, got the honor.
Second baseman DJ LeMahieu of the New York Yankees continues his torrid first-half pace. He had a 14-game hitting streak snapped on July 2, but rebounded with hits in his last four games. He hit five home runs in the second half of June and has a dozen homers and 63 RBIs on the season.
But just because the American League has owned the National League of late does not mean it is the best value on the 2019 MLB All-Star Game money line.
The NL comes armed to the MLB All-Star Game 2019 with plenty of firepower. Outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Atlanta Braves has been red-hot against American League teams, going 8-for-25 with a double and five RBIs in interleague play so far this season. His teammate, Freddie Freeman entered the weekend on a tear as well, with hits in five straight games and 23 home runs this season.
Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras is 11-for-24 against American League pitching this season, including two doubles, six homers and 12 RBIs. He logged an impressive a two-homer, five-RBI performance against the crosstown rival White SoxJune 19. NL starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu is 10-2 with a stellar 1.73 ERA. Since the beginning of May, Ryu has allowed more than one earned run in just two starts.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...ummer-classic-picks-from-top-baseball-expert/
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very entertaining game despite the fact the AL won again. cool to see Bieber get the MVP and Castillo looked awesome in his inning of work as well
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Jake Marisnick Receives Two-Game Suspension
By Steve Adams | July 11, 2019 at 12:28pm CDT
Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick has been suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount as a result of the home-plate collision that fractured Jonathan Lucroy’s nose and concussed the Halos’ catcher, the league announced Thursday. If Marisnick does not appeal the punishment, he’ll begin serving it tonight.
“After thoroughly reviewing the play from all angles, I have concluded that Jake’s actions warrant discipline,” MLB chief baseball officer Joe Torre said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “While I do not believe that Jake intended to injure Jonathan, the contact he initiated in his attempt to score violated Official Baseball Rule 6.01(i), which is designed to protect catchers from precisely this type of collision.”
The play in question (video link) saw Marisnick attempt to score on a flyout to Kole Calhoun. While the impact of the collision led Lucroy to drop the throw from right field, Marisnick was still ruled out due the collision. Lucroy appeared to have left a lane open, though Marisnick explained on Twitter after the incident that he misjudged the situation in making a split-second decision:
“Through my eyes I thought the play was going to end up on the outside of the plate,” Marisnick tweeted. “I made a split second decision at full speed to slide head first on the inside part of the plate. That decision got another player hurt and I feel awful. I hope nothing but the best for [Jonathan Lucroy].”
The suspension would cost Marisnick roughly $24K of this season’s $2.212MM salary (in addition to the fine). Through 72 games and 194 plate appearances this season, Marisnick is hitting .250/.309/.466 with eight home runs, 12 doubles, a triple and six steals.
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By Steve Adams | July 11, 2019 at 12:28pm CDT
Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick has been suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount as a result of the home-plate collision that fractured Jonathan Lucroy’s nose and concussed the Halos’ catcher, the league announced Thursday. If Marisnick does not appeal the punishment, he’ll begin serving it tonight.
“After thoroughly reviewing the play from all angles, I have concluded that Jake’s actions warrant discipline,” MLB chief baseball officer Joe Torre said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “While I do not believe that Jake intended to injure Jonathan, the contact he initiated in his attempt to score violated Official Baseball Rule 6.01(i), which is designed to protect catchers from precisely this type of collision.”
The play in question (video link) saw Marisnick attempt to score on a flyout to Kole Calhoun. While the impact of the collision led Lucroy to drop the throw from right field, Marisnick was still ruled out due the collision. Lucroy appeared to have left a lane open, though Marisnick explained on Twitter after the incident that he misjudged the situation in making a split-second decision:
“Through my eyes I thought the play was going to end up on the outside of the plate,” Marisnick tweeted. “I made a split second decision at full speed to slide head first on the inside part of the plate. That decision got another player hurt and I feel awful. I hope nothing but the best for [Jonathan Lucroy].”
The suspension would cost Marisnick roughly $24K of this season’s $2.212MM salary (in addition to the fine). Through 72 games and 194 plate appearances this season, Marisnick is hitting .250/.309/.466 with eight home runs, 12 doubles, a triple and six steals.
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Former Reds player and current hippie Mike Leake somehow doing that thing we don’t talk about through 7 IP.
6 more outs vs. Angels.
6 more outs vs. Angels.
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OHSportsFan
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This dude really about to do this thing?
Him?? 3 more outs...
Him?? 3 more outs...
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OHSportsFan
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Suppressed his Reds-ness for 24 outs, but it finally showed. No dice tonight.
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For those of you too young to remember Fernandomania... this is what a screwball looks like. You don’t see this anymore. Absolutely filthy.
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I have been betting baseball for years and playing fantasy baseball only heightens awareness of this but I'll be damned if I've ever seen a season with more last minute pitching changes in my life.
It's not the opener/bulk guy stuff either. Managers are just switching guys last minute like crazy.
It's not the opener/bulk guy stuff either. Managers are just switching guys last minute like crazy.
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