Hands down, the greatest home run derby ever was Fenway Park, Boston, MA 1999.
Mark McGwire, hitting the ball down the damn street.
It was amazing.
I used to love the Home Run Derby.
Though
it has gotten a little stale, I like that the MLB tried to spice it up
by adding more time at the end of the rounds if you hit more home runs.
That is pretty exciting, but I am afraid one of our home run heroes will
have a heart attack after 10 minutes of hard swinging, trying to get
one more over the wall, completely exhausted.
So here is my solution:
Right now each home run is worth one point.
What if certain home runs were worth 2 points? Or 3 points? Or 4?
The further the home run, the more points you get.
Here
is my breakdown of Petco Park for tonight’s home run derby. Each
section is colored and labeled for the home run value assigned to each
section of the park.
Let’s
say Giancarlo Stanton only hits 6 home runs, but they are all off the
scoreboard because he is
swinging out of his butt, that’s 24 points.
I
am basically taking the Golden State Warriors approach (we got KD!!!)
to the home run derby. Less “baskets” but more points = more exciting.
Would you rather see Steph layup 15 times or drop 10 from beyond the arc?
Exactly!
You
could still have 10 outs, or 5 outs, or whatever, depending on the
round, but now you could rack up points by launching the ball further.
All
of the fans get different colored shirts based on the section they are
sitting in, so the visual is amazing in the park AND on TV.
Save
the players from exhaustion. Give the fans something incredible (like
the ’99 Derby). And own the top 10 tonight on ESPN, the Twittersphere,
Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook.
Who is with me?
PS
— Anyone going to the game in San Diego, do yourself a favor and go to
Dick’s Last Resort. Food is good but the staff is incredible. Beer, meat
and ball busting. Such a good time. ~ Free advertisement for Dick’s.
You’re welcome.
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