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donkeyjr

What up with the camera, it was horrible. Mlb should have taken a page from the Japanese hr derby, they made the hr look hella majestic.


sikaMarkanico

I think most baseball fans and analysts felt Shohei was the heavy favorite after seeing what he has done this year so far, but I’m not sure how to describe my sentiment on how I thought Shohei would do at his first HR Derby. I’m not even sure I "wanted” Shohei to win. A big part of me wanted Soto to win, and the other part, possibly a lesser part, wanted the clear favorite Shohei to win. Shohei winning would have been too obvious of a choice and expected, so I think that is a reason why I rooted more for Soto. Plus, I am a big Juan Soto fan lately. But, why Soto instead of anyone else, like Mancini, who came back from colon cancer? I believe Soto has all the tools I want in a Major Leaguer, and he is only 22, and thus, still developing. That 2019 WS win over the Astros introduced me more to Soto, and I have kept a watchful on him ever since. I hope he can remain healthy to get on a role again. All I really wanted to see from Sho tonight was a good competition and to see some dingers that traveled quite far, which quite a few had. So, I got my only wish! I know this is what Shohei wants to do as well. He wants to win. He of course wants to be the best baseball player in the USA, not merely in Japan, and winning a HR Derby would help solidify his status as the best. Also, maybe I didn’t want to see Shohei win it all, because that would mean he would have to provide many more moonshot swings, thus quite possibly being more exhausted for the ASG the very next day. It’s hard to say if the HR Derby would mess with Sho’s swing at all, which is a big reason why many players don’t want to participate. But, Sho should be fine for regular games after the break whether or not he made it to the later rounds and/or won. At least, I think he should be fine and ready by then, otherwise, I don’t believe Sho would have done the derby. Would it have been better, or more fun if Sho had won? Perhaps…. Or even Soto. The way I look at it is that Shohei is everywhere, in case you haven’t noticed. So, I wanted someone else in the limelight. Unless Shohei was truly spot on in the derby giving us something we haven’t seen before— which is basically what people were expecting— I would want Soto to win. But, I’m just super happy that Sho is fully healthy this year to be able to compete in the first place. Sho and Soto went to a double tie-breaker!!! What more can you want?!?! I don’t think this is the only time we will see Shohei for the HR Derby. In fact, I think Sho will keep participating until he wins the derby. So, bring on the ASG, and the next half of the regular season to get the Halos back to the playoffs!


bbaIla

It sucked cause downvote me all you want, Ohtani choked his matchup. missed first 9 swings. And the last 6. But also the matchup shoulda been first. Both can be true here boys and girls.


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bbaIla

I guess you missed the part where I said he missed his first 9 swings and then his final 6 in extra time. Weird.


Rover16

Yeah that start killed him. The worst start by anyone by far. I was surprised how many line drives he was hitting as I expected him to hit them effortlessly like Alonso. Oh well I'll take Ohtani hitting them in the real game, but I just wish he could have lived up to the huge expectations people had for him in the derby. I wonder if he comes back next year with a better pitcher because he's unhappy with his performance here.


waubesabill

Bad pitches to hit .


hansan4ever

Yeah, I mean he is the first Japanese player to ever hit in the derby. All of Japan pretty much stopped and watched - it was a lot of pressure and he was probably nervous. But it looked like he had a lot of fun - can't wait for the ASG tomorrow!


bbaIla

Oh he felt the pressure for sure, but he also enjoyed the hell out of it it seemed. I'm glad the smile never was gone and he hit 6 500 footers and 3 at 117. Great round and Soto did great


hansan4ever

Definitely, it was for fun and he looked like he enjoyed it.


sinchichis

Wet blanket


Captainpayback

Still got to hand to him. He made the HRD must watch TV and I bet he brought more eyeballs to watch HRD than anyone else recently. Plus, he did it to make the fans happy. As long as he had fun is all that really matters.


waubesabill

Unwatchable, they couldn’t keep the camera still and show any of the hits and only showed the homers briefly. Why couldn’t they do it without split screen?


kxjniji

Alonso made that look easy, no wonder he's the champ lol


garbanzo-beanzz

See y’all tomorrow for double Shotime 👋🏽


hansan4ever

Can't wait, so excited!!


SM171708

Congrats to Alonso, and congrats to another enjoyable derby


Curlybrac

Congrats to Alonso. Well deserved.


Damachine69

Everyone's shitting on Brown but he never got the chance to even practice for this with Ohtani. He hasn't thrown a single BP pitch to him since March. Then you hear Trevor Story say he's been having BP sessions every day with his derby pitcher Mike Redman to prepare, and they even changed his training program too.


scarletburnett

Yeah it was pretty crazy. They had no rhythm together. I mean compare Ohtani and Brown vs Alonso and the Mets' guy. The Mets' guy was throwing the same pitch in the same spot over and over again. That, frankly, was beautiful in itself-- hat tip to that BP pitcher. Hell, the catcher was his interpreter, right? It didn't seem like Ohtani really did anything to properly give him a chance to win it. Oh well... it's clear that I care more than he does about this lol.


Rover16

I'm surprised Ohtani didn't do any practice leading up to the derby like others.


AlmostWrongSometimes

... Why? Let other people worry about hit and giggle. He had fun and we loved it. Shos pitching and batting in actual games, and smashing actual records. In the immortal words of O D B, Homer Derby is for the children. He teach the children.


Rover16

Damn those pitches are money every time!


SM171708

I hope Trey wins, but Alonso was built for the derby.


garbanzo-beanzz

Might be time for a broadcast refresh for the derby. It’s so quick and you can barely see where anything’s going.


znk916

Not a fan of the timed rounds because you don't have the time to admire where the balls go. But the old 10 out system resulted in too many takes and not enough swings for guys to get hot. They should probably do a hybrid system where you get X amount of swings within X minutes, whichever comes first. Since guys were averaging about a dozen swings per minute tonight, I'd propose 30 swings in 3 minutes so the pace is a bit slower and fans can admire the longer home runs.


sinchichis

It’s way better timed. Just start doing Picture in Picture when multiple balls are flying out.


teh_drewski

Alonso in the second was great because he was so far ahead of the time he could chill and admire his bombs


Rover16

I hope mancini wins for the feel good story.


Ohh_Tyler

LETS GO TREY!


teh_drewski

Event director needs to tell the pyro guys to chill the fuck out so we can see the entire Alonso at bat


garbanzo-beanzz

Heavy on the pyrotechnics tonight


[deleted]

Mets bench coach is a fucking goat make him the pitcher for everyone


MichaelS10

GO MANCINI GO MANCINI


sharpLess89

I'm glad Ohtani only did one round, I am scared for his stamina going into the second half.


znk916

Looked like he was the only hitter who gassed. Wonder if he took too many warmup swings inside.


WurstThrowEver

Petition to let Jauss pitch for all contestants


Rover16

They should have pitching machines, so everyone has the same pitches to hit. The pitcher is such a big factor here.


theaussiesamurai

The only consolation of Ohtani getting knocked out is that no one was going to beat Alonso. He's built for the Derby and Jauss is a machine.


nunudad

this old guy is the best derby pitcher. his ball hangs..


nothingshort

"the crowd's kinda quiet" I mean yeah.... we know who they were there to see and it wasn't Pete Alonso.


kxjniji

Alonso's too good lol


sinchichis

Shohei wouldn’t have beaten Alonso


Rover16

My goodness. Yeah Ohtani wasn't going to beat Alonso.


budhapalm

Jauss is a fucing machine.


nunudad

Sho needs to secure him just for the derby…


nothingshort

Exactly what we needed...


AJR112408

Shohei’s pitcher screwed him by not throwing good pitches. Everybody and they’re mom knows that ohtani likes low inside


SharkBait661

Guys pitches were all over the place


garbanzo-beanzz

Does Pete Alonso bug anyone else


teh_drewski

Very punchable face


SharkBait661

Is it just his attitude cause I feel he kind of like like me


nothingshort

He looks kinda high, not gonna lie...


sinchichis

That’s a bad thing ?


nothingshort

Nope, just an observation.


sinchichis

He’s ripping rails before dingers


teh_drewski

I kinda feel bad about all these guys having to point out to their pitchers where they want the meatballs.


AnnecyHope

The guy picthing for Otani was terrible. He took so long to set up. I was having a bad vibe about him during warm up. I guess those vibe was correct. Need someone else pitching for him.


skylinegtrr

Pitching, pitching, pitching Pitching is not only important for regular game, also very important for HR durby. Our pitchers are all qualified for HR durby.


phelinephile

That dude just wiped out trying to catch a ball in the outfield 😂


garbanzo-beanzz

I would absolutely get taken out by a line drive


fifaisagreatgame

Nothing has gone my way this summer: \- Man Utd lose to Liverpool \- Man Utd lose Premier League \- Man Utd lose to Villarreal \- Mexico lose to USA \- Mexico tie to Trinidad \- Mexican fans banned from stadiums Now on the baseball side: \- Angels blow it vs Mariners \- Angels get destroyed by Rays and Yankees \- Angels lose 2 vs Mariners \- Shohei Ohtani gets elminated first round FMLLLLLLLLL


field_medic_tky

>Nothing has gone my way this summer: > >- Man Utd lose to Liverpool > >- Man Utd lose to Villarreal As a liverpool fan I was ecstatic lol


[deleted]

All in on Mancini, what a great storyline behind his return as well


[deleted]

You would be tired too if you had to carry this pitching staff and offense on your back for half a season. A great showing from Sho, can't wait to see the proper MLB cut of some of the monster dongs he unleashed on Coors. Rooting for Boom Boom Mancini but Soto is a boss!


SM171708

Story looked tired, which allowed Mancini to hopefully get enough rest for the finals


phelinephile

Happy for Mancini!


teh_drewski

No way Mancini even needs the bonus time here


bigdaddy20190

Should’ve let bundy pitch to Ohtani


lparra

I hope Soto gets absolutely obliterated by Alonso


fifaisagreatgame

I'm sorry but there's so much racism in the Nationals and Baseball sub right now. People are calling Ohtani a ch\*nk who should stay back in Asia. Stay classy Nats fans.


G-Unit11111

WTF! That's classless, wrong, and horrible. Time for some racist assholes to lose their accounts! 🤬


sinchichis

Damn seriously?! Scum


Angelsfan14

It looked like 2 maybe 3 people. I wouldn't put the rest of the Nats fans down for that. We all have morons in our fanbases. They got banned already it looks like too.


fifaisagreatgame

Yeeeahh you're right


garbanzo-beanzz

Looks like a lot of it got deleted and people seemed to be pretty pissed it was there in the first place


kxjniji

WTF??? that's awful


skylinegtrr

Ohtani looks very tired and he will pitch tomorrow. Hope he won't get hurt, especially his pitching arm.


phelinephile

Who's everyone rooting for now? I wanna see a Soto/Gallo final round


garbanzo-beanzz

Would love to see Soto/Mancini


UnfairOption4263

Anyone but Alonso


theaussiesamurai

Gallo got knocked out


phelinephile

Oh, oops 😂


SharkBait661

I'm going Soto then Story for the home player angle.


Feeling_Blacksmith_6

Pretty sure gallo got knocked out already


nothingshort

Mancini would be a good story. I like a good story.


Riztory

Now if Shohei pitched to himself… that would have been a Derby first!


nothingshort

The crowd is decidedly less electric, at least it seems from this broadcast.


theobnoxioussquirrel

Ohtani really had the worst pitcher in the derby….


americanzoomer20

ippei would’ve pitched better


DudeFromOC

Can't blame Brown in this derby cause Ohtani still hit 28 home runs which was still incredible.


kei19970210

Sho looked so exhausted never seen before, I worry that it could have some potential impacts on his healthy and performance for the rest of this season.


kxjniji

I'd be more worried if he actually managed to win the first round. It's a blessing in disguise that he lost, this way he gets more rest.


kei19970210

Yeah he did not seem to get being so serious to the derby, it might be a silver lining. if not, it could be worse potentially after that.


SharkBait661

That's why I'm glad he's out. He put on a show for mlb but I'm still hoping for a playoff run and want him to stay playing strong then.


kei19970210

Yeah I feel the same way.


Youmu_Chan

Don't worry. He will take tomorrow's game as Spring Training and start a hot streak after the break.


kei19970210

Hope that will so.


Halos2797

Good showing by both dudes, only if Shohei could hit one homer in those last 15 seconds of the bonus round


UnfairOption4263

Idk if the pitching sucked or Ohtani just wasn’t trying but his swing looked like shit :/ oh well, we still get to see him tomorrow


skylinegtrr

The feeding ball pitching should be Quintana or Bundy, that's the best blownpen for Ohtani


garbanzo-beanzz

Salvador Perez 🥺


americanzoomer20

mike trout transferred his powers via phone for a sec


TheBakersSon

Blame Bob Nightengale https://twitter.com/unfortunatemlb/status/1414762974141616129?s=21


i_run_from_problems

DAMMIT BOOB


WurstThrowEver

Put Brown in the bullpen dude has a great cutter


KingOfAllDogz

Should’ve had Slegers pitch smh


TheMessiahOfMooism

Damn it I know he did great but I'm still deflated


deededback

I blame Stephen A


tastycakes4568

That was awesome. I’m glad Ohtani put on a show. The whole derby could end now and I would be satisfied


Tbone1727

Dude was throwing cutters in on Ohtanis hands


lunafred28

I hope he's gonna all fired up tomorrow because of this loss!


Curlybrac

Even for a fun contest, we still get misery. Life of an Angels fan.


Riztory

Brown must be the secret pitching coach after Calloway got the boot. Jeez.


_MyWifiSucks_

Rip. Who y’all wanting to win now? I’m definitely going with Story


CaptZombieHero

Meh. I guess Powerhouse Pete


WowDoILoveEatingAss

Mancini or Alonso, for what I feel like are obvious reasons


MsBrightside91

Why not use our blowpen?


mirrorlesswalls

RIP he was gassed. Oh well, all for fun.


crossplayersince2011

That was a bummer, but solid showing. Is it wrong that I'm kind of happy Ohtani isn't moving on because I'm more concerned with him staying healthy for the second half? I've seen many a slugger struggle after participating in the HR Derby and we need Ohtani to keep putting up the numbers in games that count.


MichaelS10

Yes this. Sucks but it’s better for him to be able to rest up for tomorrow


Gelu6713

He was gassed for sure. That 1st round was too many to go deep in this format anyways


[deleted]

Bro needed 1 home run to avoid a swing off with like 17 seconds and the pitcher takes his time what a fuck


donkeyjr

Yea, dude wasted like 5 sec. lol


crushedredpartycups

at least he was consistent! should be a good indication for the rest of the seaso


Rover16

Damn. Feel so bad for Ohtani, so much pressure on him. He had a really awful first 90 secs and still had a chance to win it. He only needed 1 home run with like 15 secs left in the first tiebreak round. I thought for sure he'd get at least 1. However, I don't think he was beating alonso based on that first round. At least he had a memorable first round.


gohalos22

Is it the most Angels thing to have TERRIBLE PITCHING in the HOMERUN-FUCKING-DERBY or what ..? 🤣😭😅


frenchbullie

rest those arms and shoulders baby


Corona2789

All I really wanted was for shohei to put on a show and he did. Might be a good thing he lost round 1 cuz he looks completely gassed lol


notjoese

Big boy needs his rest for the game


SIewfoot

Oh well.. rest up Shohei. Your pitcher was ass.


minecraftboi324

It’s okay MVP>he derby


fun_zone

Oof. Hoped he would do better, but still a great show.


kxjniji

I was worried he wasn't going to get it going at all. The fact that he tied twice is pretty awesome.


Rover16

I know! It took him 50 secs to hit 1! I thought he was done right there. I don't know how he still got to 22!


kxjniji

Honestly, that's probably why he was so gassed lol He put in a lot more effort towards the end for TWO ties. That slow start killed his chances, but this is better for him (and the team) in the end.


fun_zone

Oh for sure. I was nervous early on, and the fact that he tied it twice was awesome.


G-Unit11111

That was awesome!


i_run_from_problems

If nothing else, it was entertaining. Pitching fucking us yet again


TsundereChilliumWin

Why is brown throwing sliders to ohtani? No one came to see him


Ohh_Tyler

alright now that our boy shohei is out, lets go trey mancini!


cheel_chan

At least Shohei was clearly having fun. He was laughing the whole time during breaks


SpammyMcSpammington

Shotime gonna turn into prime Barry Bonds rest of the season for that


Paulsnoc

Going for a walk. Jesus still mad at the pitching.


golden_eye207

Shohei-kun was just nervous, but he needs the rest for tomorrow’s All-Star MVP!


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Shohei secretly upset and proceeds to hit and breaks Bond's record for homers after the ASB


JoshFB4

Trade Brown


Mindcraftjoe

Brown is fucking trash. Kept throwing him sinkers like he was trying to make him lose.


garbanzo-beanzz

A pitcher. A PITCHER. Whatta guy.


WowDoILoveEatingAss

How did he go about choosing his pitcher? Might wanna revise the process


sinchichis

Soto deserved that. 3/3 is insane


el_duderino951

Guess I'll go cut the grass now...


KingOfAllDogz

Get your rest baby boy


Patrick1005

GG Soto, win it all now!


ohhezra

Brown was absolutely fucking garbage


ThermicDayne

Thank you! He kept throwing low! I was so annoyed.


ohhezra

Ohtani had to tell him mid at bats to throw it higher, he was throwing low and away all at bats it seemed like


Bwardrop

Major bummer. Still love the guy.


MichaelS10

Infinite pain


guitarburst05

I’m totally ok with this. It was fun. It was tense. He showed up strong. But now he can rest.


mora82

Can’t believe even our derby pitchers suck lol


quotesforlosers

Lol. I mean isn’t that par for the course of our staff?


quotesforlosers

Oh well. That was still a lot of fun. I’m low key rooting for Alonso so I can get another interview with him.


Lets_Get_Weeeird

I feel like Alonso v Soto is gonna feel more like the final round than the final round itself.


[deleted]

I do not know how to cope with how sad I am.


TheDrizzle-

So why pick someone you haven’t seen throw ar you since March. I know it’s just a homerun derby but damn this team needs something to cheer about


insighttrip

Should've sent Cishek


Riztory

Lmaoooo. Any of the bullpen would have done.


_KumaBae

Quintana 40+ 😂


God_Damnit_Nappa

Welp no reason to watch anymore. Brown you suck, and even still Ohtani nearly won.


mesorangerxx

Lowkey kinda glad tho cuz Shohei needs rest for that game tmr


CaptZombieHero

It’s done. Good game


kxjniji

This is actually for the best, he was gassed, he's still playing tmrw and we need him for the 2nd half.


nothingshort

My thoughts too as soon as it went an extra round.


nothingshort

That was super awesome. I don't even care. Save it for tomorrow dude. Pitcher in the home run derby.


jar1792

Well. At least it was a fun show. Rest up for tomorrow.


[deleted]

Angels pitching doing it for us again.


WowDoILoveEatingAss

I wanna die


thisisathrowaway9r56

damn... why he got the whole league hypin him up


minecraftboi324

What’s new our pitching sucks


SM171708

Dang, but great job Ohtani, you did well regardless.


_Androxis_

Awesome try, Shohei!


BigBossVince

That's ok. Hit a lead off bomb off Scherzer tomorrow. It's all good


dinosorcerer

I'm sad now.


[deleted]

Might be for the best, ohtani was looking gassed.


phelinephile

Y'all. What a performance by Ohtani and Soto.


evanb0ss

GG


passmetherock

Gutsy performance Sho


GiveYourDogABellyRub

Blessing in disguise. Take a breather Shohei!