Yep. Hamilton hit 6 more in the 1st round than Morneau had all night.

Hehe.. I called it.. sort of.

Sucks that he wasn't even invited.

Did that guy just call justin morneau, Jason?

Not sure tuned it out after the big let down

Yep, I heard that too. Pretty funny stuff.

It's funny Erin Andrews made sure to say JUSTIN MORNEAU like 3 times after that

Did anyone see this when Chase Utley was introduced?

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http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2008/07...-home-run.html

Weird Things To Say During The Home Run Derby, Vol. I
Rick Reilly, after Josh Hamilton's 28-homer first round and all of the talk of Hamilton's apparently prophetic dream that he would someday compete in the Derby at Yankee Stadium:

It's a lousy night to be an atheist!

It already seemed weird at the time, but now it seems even weirder that God, if He does indeed exist, would shove it in the atheists' faces by having Hamilton break Bobby Abreu's hallowed first-round record of 24 home runs (was Abreu's night also a bad night for atheists?) and then come right back and force Josh to hit only 3 taters when the contest is on the line. Questionable storytelling sense, God.

P.S. Not only did Erin Andrews snub Justin Morneau for Hamilton immediately post-Derby, but during the trophy presentation she clearly pronounces his name as "Mar-neau," Executive Vice President of MLB Rob Manfred goes with something like "Myrrh-neau," and Boys and Girls Club Giant Check Giver Guy just flat out insults him with "Jason." We get it, guys: Morneau didn't do heroin. So he's bo-ring!

The lesson, as always: it's better to do heroin and then stop doing heroin and then lose the Home Run Derby after an impressive first round than it is to not do heroin and then keep not doing heroin and then win the Home Run Derby after a pedestrian first round. Of course, I'm not telling you anything you haven't heard a thousand times already.

Labels: atheism, erin andrews, heroin, josh hamilton, justin morneau, rick reilly
posted by Junior # 10:54 PM 1 comments

Comments:

Watching that display of awesomeness by Josh Hamilton ranks in my Top 10 baseball moments of all time, which I never would've believed could be possible at the State Farm HR Derby.

Then I heard Rick Reilly say that, and he kind of ruined it.
# posted by Ken Tremendous : 7/15/2008 12:50 AM