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home run hitter. And I just enjoy doing it. It doesn't mean I'm hit 100 home runs but you know taking BP and to hit home runs is all. It's all with BP thrower Bistro on nice and firm. He's getting a good groove. You have a good day. be great. Now let's go to Harold rentals. Speaker 1: Now I'm standing out in the player's parking lot there has only been one ball hit out of Coors Field in the That was in batting practice by Mark McGuire. Never won in a game. Speaker 2: Now the way the ball players feel like this may not be too safe a place to park your car. Speaker 1: Well there's some That was Larry Walker in the Rockies. here. Who better to lose them than Michael Buffer fans. Now direct your attention to hope play for a special guest introduction. Budweiser the king of beers is proud to present the undisputed undefeated king of the boxing ring here today to introduce the 1998 serve as merchandise hope run derby participants. Speaker 2: Please welcome Mr. Mike go buffer. Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen it's time for the service merchandise. Major League Baseball. Home. Run Derby. The kings of Swan from both leagues five against five. And now. Let's meet. The batters for the home run derby. Batting first for the American League in his first All-Star game with 19 home runs at the break from the Motor City Detroit Tigers. He's Lee. Speaker 2: Batting first for the All-Star. Also with 19 home runs at the break from the Atlanta Braves have a. At. Speaker 1: Second for the He's hitting three twenty six and has 73 RBI and twenty three home runs from the Cleveland Indians. Jim. Hey brother. How are you doing. with 20 home runs from the Houston Astros a three time All-Star. VOICE. Speaker 2: THAT I'M GETTING He has 72 army eyes that go along with his twenty six home runs from the Baltimore Orioles. Bye. Bye. Hey. Guys you're the best. Let me get you one home moms at the break free time All-Star from the Atlanta Braves chipper. Thank you very much. Through the American League he's currently but I'll take it easy on us and RBI has to go with his twenty seven home runs. Speaker 1: From the Seattle Mariners. Alex. Having fun. All right. Bobby. Getting caught for the national Bobby. He has 25 home runs. Speaker 2: He's the third baseman from the Colorado Rockies. Speaker 1: He's leading the American League with 35 home runs from the Seattle Mariners. Ken. Griffey. Later leading the major leagues with 37 home runs. The. Speaker 2: That was a great venues are ready. Homerun. A. Sellout crowd here in the Mile High City of Denver Colorado and the millions watching around the world. La and gentlemen. Let's get ready to. Speaker 1: Well I don't think we've quite seen an intro like this before. The old announcer at Jerry Park and Maulvi Al. Has nothing. On Michael Buffer. Liar. Look out. Pike's Peak. In Denver. Speaker 2: MLB at home is presented by T-Mobile. Here to connect you to what matters most on America's largest 5G network switch to T-Mobile. The eight service merchandise Home Run Derby is presented by service merchandise. Proud sponsor of the 1998 Service Merchandise nice home run derby and in part by Reebok rating possibilities one athlete at a time. Speaker 1: And by MCI. One team one company one local to global connection. Speaker 2: Welcome back to Coors Field in downtown Denver it's twilight time and a little rain earlier today. twilight time and a little rain Beautiful sunset expected later on over the Rockies. Here are the rules it's pretty simple. All 10 batters get 10 outs and out as any swing. That is not a homerun after you hit your 10 outs we total up how many home runs you have and the top four it doesn't matter what league you're in advance of the second round. Then in the second round again those four get 10 outs and the top two advance. Then in the third round or scorers you mean they get five outs. The batter with the most in the third round is declared the winner last year Tino Martinez beat Larry Walker in the championship round. Coors Field three forty seven on the line three ninety two the power alley dead center is 415 right centers three seventy five and three fifty down the line eight foot is the wall from left field all about right center the wall is about 14 feet in right field from the power rally in right field all the way to the right field foul ball the guy but there is no question. Speaker 2: That the ball just Speaker 1: We begin with Jamie and easily Mike Piazza your 490 six foot home run last year was the longest ever and pause. t swing too hard here at times knowing that the ball will go that far. Speaker 2: Getting that habit of you just have to not change anything. hard it's going to travel. Speaker 1: Mike how much different is the wall traveling here as compared to say Atlanta that old Atlanta ballpark. Well I think the thing is here you see a lot of highs towering fly balls that just keep carrying in Atlanta. Speaker 2: But the ballpark wasn't that big. You s scraped the back of the wall that made up announcing. Speaker 1: Damien easily having a quick that maybe what we're talking about because he's got the jump on everything and he's had five swings and he's had a couple of rips. But alas anything not in the seats five swings five outs. So the Detroit Tigers second baseman now gives it a ride. My. Goes he's off this night. My goal you to pay to do that one time and the home run it he got into it. Speaker 2: I think I'm hitting about 600. How would you know it's really basic still count. Game me off and a lot of you just have to sit back and. Just sit back and not try to. Speaker 1: Get on top of the ball get it. Speaker 2: You know it's also So you're going to be nervous. That is seven outs with a 28 year old 60 year pro from Detroit went to school at the long beach state. Came up anfielder with California to play third base second base the most homers he had until last year when he hit twenty two was six with the four. I think we will. Be. Speaker 1: Out of here. Yes no question. I mean even. It's a two. To tee but alas. It's a tee for. Ordered 43 feet that one down the left field line. Speaker t least a ground job. But he does pick up a spot to lead off here in the home run derby. We rotate in American League derby. National League. Speaker 1: Let's go down to Damian your first All-Star parents you're in the home run contest a little nervous. Just a little bit. Got a little excited early and finally settled down. You got that first one to relax a little bit so that was good. Exactly. I mean the first one. All right. a little bit because there's All right. think. Speaker 2: Am I right or am I Yeah you're right. All right. Thank you. Back to you up on top aunt Harold and Damien. Damien unfortunately the home runs did not come easily. That one though was a rip job. Speaker 1: Well he got the head of a bat out had a little light arc on it and that ball almost went out of the ballpark completely. So I don't think there's any right handed hitters at one out of a low. Backstop for the Braves is up next in the opening round of the Home Run Derby. Will be back. T-Mobile and Sprint are joining forces to build America's largest. And most reliable 5G. Speaker 2: Network with more towers and more engineers. You'll get the best 5G network and the best price. Speaker 1: Welcome to T-Mobile. Welcome back here to Coors Field. The major league all star game course tomorrow night. We've got the triple A all star game for you at 8:00 Eastern Time on Wednesday and ESPN zoo followed by the double a all star game which is going to be down to my neck of the woods and Gale Field in New Haven. So I definitely want to see the stars up and coming as the All-Star break continues and I'll be on Wednesday on the news and there are two million dollar signs. Speaker 2: 70 feet up for 40 in the upper deck and right field Speaker 2: 70 feet up for 40 in field. There is a fan predetermined but no one knows who it is right now. these participants hits one of f the signs a fan in the park right here sold out we might add will win a million bucks. So they're really church rise to handle. This his hobby Lopez. The Catcher who has improved defensively and certainly as a hitter every year with the Braves his he's one of the few that in his first at bat as an All-Star last year hit a homerun in his first at bat in the game at the J. you Mike. guys go to him. Well I thi Speaker 2: Contrary to what most power hitters actually like the ball down I mean McGuire likes the ball down. Likes the ball down his thing but they just got. How got that. Four. Five. field fence Tao Junior. Another start for him. Speaker 2: This would be a foul you that most people say we'll get the ball down get the ball down. But the way the modern player plays and I say modern meaning the last 10 years. They left the ball because everyone uses a thin handle bat and that ball down they can lift it thing handle back big skull big head on that bad just drop it down. He's pacing himself a little bit better I think Damien got machine done a little bit by the coach and you just gotta pace yourself and get into a good groove. Speaker 1: Mike you look at groove. you haven't quite some groove. would it be like for you to catch Maddox Glavin Smoltz etc. Oh man make my job a lot easier. But. A lot of fun to catch. Six ounce. That's right. But he don't think it's gonna You heard Harvey telling him what he wanted. Yeah. Well there is someone who unfortunately is a little bit I'm Grace Galarraga. Harvey's teammate now but very much beloved here when he played for Colorado for five seasons before moving over as a free agent to Atlanta. He would have liked to put on a show for the home fans. Harvey hates to put on a show here he's got only two hours to go. That's it. Well the centerfield. Back it goes. Back. Back back. It's a bond. Another another three guys excuse me. Another another rocky who's returned as a grave I was 474. They said. Well. Speaker 2: Was well here he's been. It's got to stop using to get a little bit too much top in He's down to one out. Speaker 1: Save it. Oh yes he s home. In the same spot. Speaker 2: Well that works. I mean stay straight away. You know like Mike said you want through the middle you'll hit a lot more balls in the left through the middle you'll hit a Get them in the air. You bring your glove to the outfield here in the field there's no mistake. You bring it to the upper deck. Went out. It should hand out hardhats of those people. Nobody taking it off the grill out there. With a packed house. We get a sense that. That one being. The same guy who had both balls with the. Just. immediately becomes the leader in the clubhouse. Speaker 1: In his path almost dead center. Joe he had a gun. Speaker 2: You're right. And this is what Mike was talking about. strike zone. In the deep center field about four hundred and seventy plus feet. But when you're big and strong you can lift the ball. Little guys better not be lifting it or might now stay on the ground. The little guys on the high pitch just just said set him up we'll knock you and they say that last home run was four hundred seventy three feet and we're just warming up. Here. For the ball. use Jim told me he takes his shots next. Welcome back to the service merchandise home run derby at Coors Field in 1987. Professor Robert Ader was appointed physicist to the National League by the late Bart Giamatti. We paid a visit to the Yale about the effect of altitude on the flight of a ball. Speaker 1: The ball will go about about 7 percent further in Denver between 5 and 10 percent. It's a little hard to calculate exactly which means that a 400 foot home run at sea level will go something like four hundred and thirty four thirty feet in Denver. And the reason is fundamentally rather simple as the ball travels through the air it meets air resistance it pushes the air aside and that that's a gives a retarding force which holds the ball back of course in Denver that sea level there's only about 82 percent as much air in Denver as there is at sea level. So there's only about 82 percent as much retarding force on the ball. So the ball goes for. You know I've been called a life. Speaker 2: I like that he said fundamentally it's simple. That was simple yeah. Speaker 1: Well he did your foot homerun and Jim told me he's certainly capable of hitting 400 and 450 put bonds. He was jumpy last year in his own pocket. injury swap. Speaker 2: And thas his first All-Star game. But. He said Do you think I could hit the upper deck pretty regularly here. Speaker 1: I think so Jim he said well I'm going to take aim this afternoon. He's much more patient Joe than when we saw him. Speaker 2: Well you're right. Well he wasn't. It was his hometown. He wanted to do so well in front of his home fans. But boy did they think it was farther than what 442. That's a little interesting seventy three right away and that one's up deck. Speaker 1: He gets under this. has quite enough juice. Well that one. Some. Speaker 1: Fisticuffs. It was a retarding talk with. Chris Berman Joe Morgan in the starting catcher for the fifth straight year the National League Mike Piazza with us watching Mark McGuire and come. And stay. Here. Oh. Man that was up there. That's a long ways. To go. You know I was so high over the foul pole. He tried the same way. Did the on Jerry Prince area. Speaker 2: Didn't want to hit a Not at all. I'm sure someone has hair on it. Oh man. How was it to back him up because. He's in the group. Told me with three home runs not six outs to play with. Last year Jim hit 40 home runs with 120 RBI first left handed batter too far the shrimps. Walls 14 feet then went about 60 feet there's the rocket man Roger Clemens with couple of his youngsters all the kids names begin with 10. Speaker 1: Yesterday. That was a rocky. Song. And Jim. 470 guys going up there hard to his crack at them. Oh. The fans. Just went 7 percent father. Is the first casualty. They. Were going on ya. Speaker 2: He's in the groove though. He's taking his time yeah. Yeah so much he's having fun with it. Jimmy the pride of Peoria Illinois. With the high sox something he started doing in the minor leagues. On. The way up. Weaver. Top Spot. Does that get out. It's. Off the Wall. long time. Tommy's lone pine tar has kind of slipped his hands slipped on that one. of slipped his hands slipped on triple A Charlotte ninety three. The hearing with baseball America's minor league player of the year. That's when we needed the blink to shoot this. Yeah he's real off stand back nicely he's not stopping the ball he's letting the ball come to him and he's just too slow. It don't really look like he's over swing and he's got a nice fluid swing. Speaker 2: And driving it. Hey guys how about really having to be on your toes in the upper part of the upper deck during a game your kind of hands watch. You don't have to set it up there obviously as you catch one in the chops. I mean you really have to be careful. It's great to see. Yes it does. It's a seed. They. All count the same. Amount of seats five hundred ninety feet. Leaving. Thirty. One. Managers Kelly's team and taking movies of. Jim is now. He's taking time to from some Brian Todd's got. Calling the caddie out. . Is it a clean in place today. Winter rules. Speaker 2: Actually every pitch we've seen hit out of the ballpark has been about built higher or lower. We haven'tn many high pitches hit out of here. Speaker 1: Pitches important to you. One thing is nice for swimmers that have a nice little ride to them. You don't want a guy cutting and sinking the ball on. Him. I think he made us decide I. Worked my way right around the ballpark. Seven homers and seven outs rich Donnelly one of Jimmie Leland Stanford Florida. eaker 2: Well you've got to know for about a week Mike. He's drawn it. He was psyched about it. grapefruit. Topspin there. He stayed back nice on that but I mean the thing is you have a He stayed back nice on that but And that's what you get anxious and that's when you need to just stay back and. Let your hands just drop right in. Speaker 1: That was the brunt. Now. That Jimmy Connors. Nine out. So Jim tell me with seven homers is certainly impressed. So Jim tell me with seven homers Speaker 2: Tony can you hear me. Boom. Sends it down. Fallen foul. Not until Jim told me he's like seven. Runs. year for his dear. Harold. Speaker 1: Reynolds hurt last year. Cleveland today getting to a nice little groove. What's the difference. one out. again. Sandy would have been all over me. Speaker 2: So it was fun. I can't wait to see you back here. I'm waiting for him. Jim told me and the Indians the first baseman The first one's been changed a 476 are here they are. That use some rain on a couple of those. So Tony now with seven Susan. Stepping up nags. We've had three batters in Jim Tommy has been most impressive with seven home runs Hymie Lopez with five came in easily the Tigers had two and this the home run derby. Couldn't. World. have it for you on ESPN tomorrow at two thirty Eastern Time its top thirty here in the Rockies the Netherlands they've won just about all their games late. Won their last game over Argentina the ninetieth minute against the defending World Cup champs Brazil led by the great Renaldo. Speaker 1: Netherlands Brazil tomorrow two thirty live from rolls here's a fellow who used to speak a little French he came up with the Montreal Expos first remember the world champions last year now a Houston Astros says who we should note is batting against rich Donnelly who was coach in the Marlins last year so maybe that gives him a little bit of an advantage. where maybe his voice is not as good a hitter. Well I believe Moises really likes the ball up more than most guys top hand hitter the Tomahawk that one there. Speaker 2: Likes the ball out on anybody's fastball. So we'll see how he does. It's be interesting. Well it's interesting you say he's more of a top heavy hitter Well it's interesting you say Great in this kind of a contest unless he gets in the groove. More on line drive and sinking line drives. More on line drive and sinking the ballpark but on the right out over the plate and he's more of a pull. Pulls a lot of his. You look out here and you see Jimmy Leland of course managing the national league standards coaches you're here it's your reunion I know what happened here in Florida is not really. Sir. But you see him anre Sheffield here's I mean they're all different places now. It's a great team. No question about it. Speaker 1: They're all doing well everywhere. Speaker 1: They're all doing Gary Sheffield. You guys crossed I think about. Crossed paths. Albert Cooke yeah. BROWN In a way they're just playing with it. Yeah well he's just got a real nice crispy stroke. Curt Schilling. Here of the strikeout. Need. KEVIN BROWN Another one of those. Back. Second home run for Moyes is a little but basically it was talking about earlier these pitches to Moises I You mean the ones he's driving out. He's got that nice stroke and he doesn't hit the longest bomb home runs but the ones he has to get out there real worry they usually scrape the top of the. Don't sell out to the Cleveland recommend the in the world series they play interleague any Wrexham as a member of the Astros against he tried hard ropes to get him away from me now it's like I said they all count the same. Doesn't matter how long it is. It's one to the left center fielder. I everybody with the bulls eyes and everything out there they. Get here you start to get tired who really comes in effect like the second in the third round when you really start to feel it and especially last year we saw that and Cleveland was very warm and humid and it starts to catch up with him turns into a marathon last year of course in Cleveland Tino Martinez wanted. To see. Sean Sean Justin you guys are really having fun Moyes is down now with Lansdowne two years ago as Barry Bonds over Mark McGuire and a Bay Area finale. How was it Philly ninety fiv Texas Frank Thomas. Beat Albert Bell in the last round ninety four in Pittsburgh that was when. round ninety four in Pittsburgh Crime Dog Fred McGriff friend died later at the big home run in that game tied up in the bottom of the ninth the All-Star game no one remembers the strike year but that was a great win. hit right score Tony Gwynn as well finish. His shot to right center field. They do keep. At 7 percent I think is at the energy retarding threat as you're out there like it boys is too old school no gloves no batting gloves just grip it and rip it. This is smoke to left field you would see like. That slinking around. Just. Top hand. It's awfully late run here by Moises he's up to five all with his last out game KMT. Yeah. Back. Home. Ready get. Bed with Donald as you said he's. Facing a lot of times in batting practice over the last year it's getting locked locked in low. Change it just this time. I. Got. Real crispy stuff about Moyes just doing this with all the nine oh you've got to put him up with two strikes in two outs I guess. He's.two strikes in two outs I It back wit it till he ties Jim Tommy. With his seven. Speaker 2: Says Hello Tony. Now time midway through the first round or almost hell it's going out a buck Martinez but. Speaker 1: Moises it took him a while to get going. You got some advice from Big Cat. What did he tell you about right center. Well he told me the ball. Speaker 2:s pretty good right I to try to go right at him but he told me to pull two because I got foul so I listen to his tips and I think it helped me. to his tips and I think it Speaker 1: All right Buck thank you. And boy she's got grooved in on Joe. Well watch his top hand his top hand kind of rolls not over the top but not underneath like most of your power hitters do in his line. His home runs were more than line drive Berardi that were sinking as they went out of the ballpark. was actually hitting the ball to Three hundred and fifty three hundred sixty feet on a line with some sinking action and we went from the match cam we went to the blimp. We went to the high third. We're all over this. You got to. Get into the heavy metal. Now. We. Return Rothfield. We. And. Mario. Speaker 2: Hank Aaron did that The anticipation continues after we're done here with Homer and The anticipation continues after hitting challenge featuring celebrities like John Elway went yard a few times and BP Kevin Costner's gonna hit rookies like Ben Greve of the A's Travis Lee old timer's. Old tie. I don't even like reading this Here's John Elway. Future Hall of Famers. Speaker 1: George Brett. Speaker 2: Andre Johnson Robin Yount and a man who could certainly hit him Dave Kingman. Speaker 1: Here's his son Jack. That's John Elway son with. A broken foot. He said he heard it leaping over a brook but he'll be okay if he's in no way. He's tough and he will be okay. At any rate he MCI hitting contest the thin air at Coors Field. has been an all star once as a cop launches a ranger and now as a Baltimore Oriole Rompuy comes in with 26 home runs. That's after 38 last year 39 the year before and thirty nine the year before that. Speaker 2: He's a two hundred ninety seven lifetime home runs to reach a milestone the first week or two back after the All-Star break. He's just a pro hitter just. So any way to describe. Got a beautiful stroke. Goes the whole fields. But his numbers in Camden Yards have certainly been mostly that direction right there. Speaker 1: He's one of the most underrated power hitters too. Speaker 1: He's one of the most it. Just throws numbers up every year. Well when you're in a league with Frank Thomas move on guys like that. Speaker 2: Get overshadowed a little bit. He's definitely put up a lot of great numbers he said. That's why such a good hitter That got him and he could see the ball and well he stays bad. And just. Throws at. Two homers thus far for Raffi. Speaker 1: Fans to go to center field sends it a long way. Yeah. We're. In. This is down the line Oh Boston Major League that's threading the needle Sandy on who's counting his first All-Star game. Speaker 2: Down the line again. Well. Not quite like this. You heard him say it himself bad fits that you just gotta be patient you get some good balls to hit. Let's get a little bit top man down there. Get on top of the ball is sit back and. Speaker 1: Cut under it. back and. Rafi was born in Cuba and. Really lived there for for. Many years and he got right out in a hurry didn't come to the United States in 1971. He and his family. Grew up in Miami. Mississippi State number one draft pick there he will Clark same squad first round pick of the Cubs in 86. As you say he's been an all star with three different teams. Speaker 2: Five outs now with his four home run six outs with his four home run. It's guys like Rafa or not after getting long slumps because he's got such a nice it's very simple very simple straight to the ball. He's. The ball. And what about guys. Who come to class get popcorn count. About guys who come to Coors count. Is it. Simply not overwhelming. Does this Wednesday. Speaker 1: Just hit below the Banker Harvey Pitt I mean can you can you get too jumpy here. Oh yeah yeah. Yeah I remember the first time I played and dagger actually. I tip my swing got a little long and I think I got sold off and about with. and I think I got sold off and Speaker 2: Try to sleep for the moon. Rows back. Eight. Which. Speaker 1: Is a heck of a job. Rafi trying for the same thing. Speaker 2: That's a long one for me. Speaker 2: That's a long one for Just a very consistent. You could see he's pretty strong. Yeah. Win must come in and swirl and just carry stuff out there. Big time. Gets out of this one a little bit but he like points is a. Has. Speaker 1: A lot of damage. So now. And. Rafael Palmeiro. Moises. And. 7. Speaker 1: Here's his biggest one Joe. Well let's take a look. This is. Look at that. He just throws the barrel at the great swing right there. Very simple swing. Throws hisds at the ball generates a lot of bad speed and power. Now there's where they all went power. on the upper deck. By the way we're doing this is that we move up the ladder with their all star game. t their home run totals at the break. the last in the AL and. The last. Minute. And. When we return Chipper Jones of the Atlanta Braves. Speaker 2: Welcome back to Following the All-Star break biggest fans baseball tonight. All the highlights sco analysis come weeknights for a full hour now at 10:00 Eastern and of course our midnight show continues for a half hour so more baseball tonight and then Major League players will convene after the World Series honor their best and compete in a test of baseball skills winning a homerun hitting contests. winning a homerun hitting Details later this summer player's choice week after the World Series. Chris Berman Joe Morgan Mike Piazza here in the first round of the first line Home Run Derby and Chipper Jones who says he's a more natural hitter. Lately. Speaker 1: But he's definitely e left side of the plate. He cited splits. Aussie. Medal. Pitch him definitely when he's left to writing. I mean you pitch him away like that now but in the games. Yeah. Well you know chipper obviously more right handed pitching he's Well you know chipper obviously hitter left handed. And like Spalding a little bit more left handed as most left wing. Hits with an open stance left hand makes the ball down and then more of a low ball hitter left handed as the most left. Handed. Made a dent in the plexiglass and by a large enough. To take him in the game but not here baby. So. Yeah. He's coiling up a li bit there. He's coiling up a li bit Come to you get a good pitch. Left side of the infield Chipper Jones Walt Weiss of the Braves. Got a cutter there. Stay away from that. Chipper is the all star game. Number one draft pick in the country. Back in 1990. To the Florida area. He's going to step back reload. To find that joy spot. Get that little choice but down and then. Speaker 2: It's you're right. and then. Pretty good when three fourths of your infield is here. Gaaga chipper and Walt Weiss and then your catcher is here too with Ivy Lopez. and then your catcher is here Strong team. Playing. You know when we see Walter there's hundreds Galarraga of course. What great news about Weiss's son Brody. Earlier than expected. They say he's got the spirit for both his mom and dad and. Oh man he was. Trying to frame course wall play for seven years here in Colorado and. To experience that given what was going on in the Senate. To experience that given what enjoy it. Now he's able to enjoy it and. As we have enjoyed him our. Best wishes to Brody and the wife's family. Speaker 1: That's good. CROWD CHANTING fired up a little bit. Got hour left. Well you've been here before. My little. GUY. YEAH. YEAH. NEXT TO HER. YOU BETTER GET HIGH. Wow. Chipper is on his way to his best home run season with twenty one at the break. With only one here. Do you not have the home run stroke. Maybe I'll find it tomorrow night. Chipper infielder with some power had. Speaker 2: This young man Alex Rodriguez for the Mariners. The young shortstop coming up next year. Denver. Here's the tale of the tape. Thus far Paul Mero Moises Alou and Jim told me with these seven home runs and now we have the big boys the last two in each league A-Rod and Junior from the American League and the Mariners. He kissed and Mark McGuire coming up at the National League copyrighted telecasts presented by authority the commissioner of copyrighted telecasts presented May not be reproduced or re The accounts are descriptive of The. Symphony. Speaker 1: That express written consent. Having worked in the past we disseminate I mean. No word is an educational fiction. Here is Alex Rodriguez will be twenty three on July 27. 28 Here is a young man that is already 91. Home runs in his career twenty seven home runs this year. First overall pick in nineteen ninety three and to have this power. And play that position. Remember. Only Ernie Banks who did it five times and Rico Petrocelli for the Red Sox who did it once had 40 homerun seasons as his shortstop. And he had 36 couple of years ago. Speake Well it kind of reminds me a little bit of you Mike in that you know you may be the best hitting catcher ever. By the time your career is over shortstop ever. It's just an outstanding talent and I think the biggest thing It's just an outstanding talent size of you know look at like he is he's a big kid. Yeah he's huge. I call me kid now too. He tells you you're a veteran. Exactly. Nice. Yes few holes. You know he's got a very nice stroke. You know he's got a very nice Not that many holes likes the ball up goes after the. Low pitch very well. Has powered off fields at the top of the side of the second day. Oh no. No. And you know what else. He's a guy that enjoys the game. Speaker 1: He enjoys the history of the game. Speaker 1: He enjoys the history the game he enjoys giving back to the game. Guys like him.ter I mean it couo on and on. If the game is on their shoulders. Games in good shape. That was well hit to left center left field. Here's Derek had no more Garciaparra. Was it tough to. got Jeter a ride. Speaker 2: I love his kill and know my parents shortstop the American League. That's not easy calling right there you know. And I think they made a pretty wise decision. Of course Garciaparra is just one of the great young players in the game. But I think they actually rewarded the veteran this girl this year for his defensive ability along with being a good offensive player. That's his first trip. Speaker 1: Her first trip. Oh. I. Snuck over there that night. Speaker 2: It was just nothing left of where the wall went down from 14 to eight feet. So A-Rod now with four home runs. He got the mark on that one. I tell you those four. Omar is missing nothing. Speaker 1: Oh we got him. We're paying him union scale to work the cameras. Crowds get a little more room. To get routine. They're spoiled now. Well I think they're all anticipating McGuire. Well the problem is a lot of way here just saying I just want to see McGuire here. pressure will be on him. He's made for this down. This is his event. I tell you what he and Junior both to me are perfect for homerun hitting contact. Well here's the nine out rule 0 0 0. 8 right. He. Miss. Well he may have that he missed it seven. That retarding the for He got 93 percent at the at the warning track. Take out the slide rule on. Alex Rodriguez hangs a five spot. He may. Not advance to the second round. He's going to be. Speaker 1: In the top four. Let's go to. The fifth one. He's still. Speaker 2: Got enough. My first one I was a bit So now the state is ready for a blind grid. Now you said you're going to hit seven. I was a little short on my prediction. I got pretty good. That wasn't good enough. All right. Alex Rodriguez just tip you look at his face he's. Speaker 1: Just all excited He just didn't get in thoove Joe. Speaker 2: No he ally he just overpowered a couple of groove. When we return the pride of the Colorado Rockies you get a huge ovation beforehand. Finney stay at. Speaker 1: The skyline of Denver maybe a ball will go over some of the buildings in downtown maybe a ball will go over some Coors Field. Here's what's happened thus far and the first live ever home run derby. fael Palmeiro Jim Joe may have moist days of 0. Speaker 2: 7. This Sunday night the mao is coming up and he gets deep in the Colorado Rockies right here at Coors Field. They and get some going in the second half against the team at the playoffs for to start That would be the wildcard squad in the Action League the San Francisco Giants. But to a degree from the Dodgers over the weekend. That's our Sunday night game Eastern in our. Hits. Speaker 1: The speedway. When he's looking for. His second All-Star appearance appeared in ninety. Now. Speaker 2: A new horse on the Now. there and he looks like a shot. Not the kind of guy that really I mean that looked like you would like. This is a fifty six point. About a fifty five fifty two foot delivery. About a fifty five fifty two Mike said Dolly gets the ball out where you could see it. machine gun. I. back. His teammate Don Tabish yet. Speaker 1: What many don't want to center field is his rip to lap but that just goes but Vinnie can you may. lap but that just goes but Braves system. And then was picked in the expansion draft to ninety three by Colorado. So he's been with them. Out of the game. There's some purple mountain majesty. In. Bennington still is in the house. He's in the whole. He didn't. Get it. My leave. Is that 7 percent John. 5 percent. Speaker 2: Like I did something Jamba stuff. . What's this guy. Sign. Now he's a little winded. And then. Just really. Know. Speaker 1: Hits. But. Speaker 2: He goes down to right field this time. He knows all this. And some of this I don't think that will make it. Working against the Rockies Rick Matthew. So obviously he knows this guy. Is giving us a little tour of the state of the. Speaker 1: Six home runs. Burke is still. Looking and he's not the most physically imposing guy you meet but he's really. Nailing. Speaker 2: Skipper. I saw Don today. I said. He said. You. Know what. I expect them to be here for the rest of the year. At least. The report of his death was. A little early. That's exactly what he said. Vinnie just two days ago on July 4th celebrated his thirty first. Speaker 1: Birthday. a birthday present by being the a Well if. Him. 50. Thousand people. Yelling back back back. And. That. Speaker 2: One more and you can round. Speaker 1: 7 4 Betty. Let's go down to book Martinez the crowd loved it. Many of their fans got behind you with nine outs and they give you enough to tie those guys with seven. your hometown fans behind you. Speaker 2: Oh and I'm excited. I was just great. I was kind of nervous. Before I go there whether. Soon as I hear the first one I started getting more comfortable. Good luck. Thank you. Speaker 1: You should know the tiebreakers in the first round. If you have more runs in the season you would advance so Castillo with the other guys with seven. Castillo with the other guys other three guys. See him load up on those pitches right there. Very nice. Look at this Joe. Well this one is I mean this was a high deep drive high fastball and. Spread it around using the whole thing. Who lead their respective leagues in a home run. Mark McGuire on Jack. Ken. Griffey Junior. Played dead bird Matt. Back in Colorado we told you that regular season home runs would be a tiebreaker. Speaker 2: So both Castillo and Palmeiro are sure to go into the second round. We got a good battle between L.A. and twenty one to twenty eight times someone is at fifty six or more home runs in the majors. Roger Maris in 1961 the babe at 60 and in fifty nine. MARTIN McGuire last year. Hank Greenberg and Jimmy funds at 58 junior last year and of course the National League record for home runs which McGuire is shooting at also his Hank Wilson with 56 the 1930 cubs. Speaker 1: The only time in the hope that someone is sure fifty six home runs and we're seeing two or eight times the guys that have done it Junior. Speaker 2: Well I tell you what these guys. I mean this number seven. That's a lot of. Guys a dunce. Not surprisingly well they have done very well right on their stroke. I agree with you. seven in surprise and I figured you might have one or two with three with seven is very surprising. So Junior has to hit at least seven to advance. Speaker 1: Juniors just tailor made that takes the same swing. Perfect slight uppercut. Nothing special. Doesn't have to change anything. No. Stresses. He's been. Speaker 2: Swinging the bat really well lately the last couple of weeks. He won the homerun hitting. Contest in 94 three rivers stadium in Pittsburgh. We're glad he reconsidered he Push came to shove he said let's give the fans what they want. Push came to shove he said let's arms. Joe and Mike. the fans gave him the most votes. Speaker 1: Second and third And I think you realize that. Donna get back. Yeah. Center field doesn't have enough juice. Yeah. It does. Speaker 2: You get that one out of the way. Let's get some nice little. Weight off your back. Not quite. He's not. He's good enough to trademark a He's not. on the barrel. Use a light bag for one thing. And he can steer well you know he's in the second round Junior needs seven. If he gets seven. It's not gonna get he's. Got. To find a group but if he. Did. Very n around. Here. around. field. Voice. A knows if Junior gets seven he will not move on either. Actually. When he won the contest in Pittsburgh this happened. About. The middle of the round he hit about six in a row. Down the line. Let's take. Put up some numbers this year one hundred one RBI for one. Gonzalez said a great season his first. You. Think so much. You're the perfect bright point Mike. You go into the season one in 100 right. He's got it. September 30th. Goes to left center field telling a little bit. To say nice power fade all the way but he still needs two more. Speaker 1: Days. It's 14 people remember out there. He ended about nine. The shadows crept over the field a little bit. To. Speaker 2: This then one. To. Needs two home runs before he gets two outs. A little pressure here low pressure play. I tell you there's pressure on him. Hitting last early on test. John. Junior's. Got seven make his spot in the second round. What he says a lot has been blocked out by junior. Speaker 1: Boys put on quite a show with nine out. It's not an aggregate total. So. show. It's not like he carries this total to the second round start again with a fresh round. And. enough. Is enough. Speaker 2: A great thing for Jonas. He didn't make it last year. He did not make the final round or the second round. He got hot. Well look at this. regular swing than that one. I mean he had a couple of balls that were just as Mike said bombs in right center field upper deck. Game and you sit in the upper deck. You don't think you might catch him the. So. We've got to be careful. Actually it looks. The. Moment that we've all been waiting. Mark McGuire the anchor leg of the opening round. Of the. Turkey day with. Speaker 1: Junior Griffey is in Vinny Castillo is in Rafael Palmeiro as Jan and Mark McGwire hit 70. He's in. If he does not Jim told me will advance. To the second round. Aren't McG's thirty seven homerun. Aren't McG's thirty seven With Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is the most home runs ever at the All-Star break. Speaker 2: That was young Reggie pre World Championship. Oakland A's Reggie he'd only 10 for the rest of the year. or of course is the third best ever with 35. So we don't know where McGuire and Griffey will go with it. Frank Howard the same year as Reggie was like a tandem and Frank didn't get to 50 either. Speaker 1: Now who knows where Mark McGuire would hit the ball. That's the players parking lot. You have your auto insurance. So Laralker driving away in our open. You just know that this park is. It's Godzilla. So that's one everyone. Six and a half at bats. That's in a game. for the year. Look at the arms on this guy. Speaker 2: He's a little anxious. He's got to just chill relax look back into the groove. I'm telling you there are just a Tough. We're going to have a talking foursome to scramble is missed the play. You of major you're on the you're under the microscope. Speaker 1: Returning forwards doesn't hurt him very much. Speaker 2: And that was definitely a seven and a half percent there seven percent. He didn't hit that at all. Speaker 1: It was like So what. It's only four hundred. Thirty feet. Paul Bunyan figure. Not that he never hit home runs I mean. He had that great debut were his rookie year in 87 he hit thirty. Great. He's almost mythical. This guy's machine gun in a moment. This guy's machine gun in a Step out. A little bit in a rhythm. Everyone in America rooting for him to take that serious run. Speaker 2: Bob I'm telling you I was surprised that Griffey was able to do as well as he did. I mean you're just under tremendous pressure when you're the last to die. Speaker 1: That's my son Matt. Speaker 2: When he told me he want to see McGuire. That's five hundred and ten feet. In the land here in buyers at seven home runs. In the land here in buyers at You see that timing right there. I was justpping his back down. The guy was pitching he's. Just trying to get out of that little funk. Get a little rhythm and. Relax. Guys gotta wait for him to draw the bad back. Shoulder. Was the last throw. He got those people standing in line for him better. Make mine a tough. Four hundred eighty feet he's slipping John. Let's get his kids diving for the ball. I want to get Mark. If you will. McGuire has three. He needs seven to advance. That's the number he's looking You see. To think about. The bigger this event cause. Thinking about maybe bringing pitcher. Oh I think they're talking about Babe McKay has served up maybe eight thousand home runs to McGuire and his days of coaching the A's and now the cardinals take one. Speaker 2: A little cut there. He could find his voice by. Just. Moving the ball around the strike zone. Hopefully you can get. Back. Back. Go. Ahead Ray. But you're right though batting practice pitches like rushing to get ready. Mark McGuire. Everyone came to see him. He hit the floor homers but. Alas will not advance. But Martinez. Speaker 1: Mark everybody has a tendency to think these homerun contests are easy. How tough was it watching all It was tough because it was. Hard for two hours and. Then I'm facing him and. I lihe ball middle in and most of the more middle away. So. Sorrerybody. This. Speaker 2: MIKE MCGUIRE I don't have to apologize to anybody Speaker 2: MIKE MCGUIRE I don't this ball here. Speaker 2: MIKE MCGUIRE I don't angle there. run I think I agree with him that he did not get the ball middle of the plate in very often and that caused him some problems. But again a lot of pressure build up because he's building up simply because all of those hitters before him and done a great job Mark wanted in 92 in San Diego. Speaker 2: Jim told me he gets. Rafaalmeiro is in a hometown hero and Junior if move on to. MLB priceless moments presented by MasterCard. All kid. Ourselves that. Hit. Man. That hasn't been. Hit. A. Big Josh Bell fan. Wish you a long and happy life together. Speaker 1: Out around the second round here live at Coors Field in Denver. Chris Berman Joe Morgan Mike Piazza Ken Griffey juniors eight was the most in the first round. I'll be joined by Vinnie told me the tiebreaker if season home runs. And those three guys have more than Moises to lose 20. So Moises although he had the move on to the second round we do not. Carry the totals forward at all will be pretty close if we did anyway. And again they get 10 outs. And the top two will advance the tiebreaker in the second round hits homers you hit in the first round. if he were in a tie for that second spot. Speaking of juniors there's a Grip and rip. Here's a guy who had some rips Jim told me of the Cleveland Indians. Dug in his current as he's done very well. Can get the rate to five I'll. Give me the right answer. d some friends I was gonna tell him it's tough 10 out. Speaker 2: It is 10 outs we can't confirm anything they get cable down there. can't confirm anything they get another four round the full round here for round. For everybody where you go for Rockin Around get round the house. There you go. Now the fatigue factor is coming in here a little bit. These guys you know they got a little bit cold they got chilled a little bit too in the round. So. It's. An endurance thing. Well you just then you have to get on a streak and hit five or six in a row. And that puts the pressure on the other guys. You almost know. That. Speaker 1: McGuire's getting a I mean you almost know that was a doer. Straightaway center field by remember anything that is not an outer. disappointed. Well I think he just had a bad match. He told me is. Speaker 2: His pepper at the Hey this guy is. He was all wide eyed. No. Mike and Joe down because I talked with him at the cage earlier. He said Hey this is place good here. Licking their. Topspin. That's bots for. A long. I don't care where you are in Ball right there is here. To get in that upper deck. Capitalism outside. Rich. Donnelly might be a little ice and. Pretty well when he did but he might be going sitting down 20 seconds away. The air's thin up here. Here you go. Get some oxygen. It'se the managers have a guy up four times in the pen during the game right. Very sincere. Always good to talk to Jimmy Leland from the Pittsburgh guys this one if it stays there it's gone. It's off the screen for home off the fair pole. Two homers for Tommy. Personal. Decisions. Speaker 1: About how much Stanley thought was gonna get a little vacation. Stanley thought was gonna get a throw three hours of patient. Rocket with one of his. Three Griffin in junior. Speaker 2: High. Oh. That's Tommy's spot. That's properly struck right there. You don't see much of him obviously told. No. Right not in person at all. But. There's no question this guy can bash. As ours in springtime stop. I mean guys are still obviously finding the time. I've seen guys in spring and can't do anything and during the season they're tied into anything or you see guys that can hit back when they can't. You know Tommy is kind of a throwback to the old school he really gets his hips out of the way of yours. And then he generates a lot of bad speed with his upper body and he knows he can drive the ball out the other way too you know you could do that. He has a Coors Field swing. Look at this. And obviously found the joy spot. Yeah. Speaker 1: Get that sweet zone right there. Finding it. For homers for Tommy who is leading off the second round. Drill. Back back back back back. Dekker. Getting close to that million bucks. Yeah I wouldn't far off some serious case. Man. Guess what he's making a bit. Over. That. Mark. Wow. He was. Cleared to stadium. Clearance clearance. You know what. And we can get a picture of this is a man. another bid. About 5 6 rose from the top. Here is a purple row of seats in that get. But. His last home run before this. Is what they call the mile high road and there's one row of seats in the upper deck. Purple seats and that's exactly. Speaker 1: Five thousand two hundred eighty feet above sea level. There they are. Hey Rose what you can count one two three four five six seven down from the top that's exactly a mile high and that's about where the home run landed making a bid for those seats. Another upper deck to have a half dozen. And he's making them look even. Oh. Was. Making it look routine and that there from. Gets into that one but boy Jim told me he had seven in the first round. So the personable Jim. Certainly put himself in position. How. Third deck you're going up there at will you always hit balls that far. Well actually Omar told me to step out and take my time. You know it's just one of the things where I think you you lose your groove and then you've got to step on and get back in and get this a lot of fun watching all these great hitters and just being a part of it. Jim thank you. Speaker 1: You certainly made it big guys to move to the second round. You're right. round. I think that's the key to his success. And I mean these are long long I'll go I'll go with you tonight Mike. These are bombs right here. He's got four homers of 460 feet or more to round. Well he is definitely a good low ball hitter. He's got that great left handed swing opens his hips. And most of left handed hitters like the ball down. Look at that. Beautiful swing you say got in the groove and everything seemed to happen for him. His average distance for those home runs. Speaker 2: Almost four and 40 feet. So he's got the Coors Field stroke. Jim told me opens up round number two with an eighth spot. Is still trying. To hold fans of the. MLB at home as presented by T-Mobile. Here to connect you to what matters most on America's largest 5G network switch to T-Mobile today. If you have never been to the Rocky Mountains in the summer you think it's just skiing. Think again. There is no place as beautiful as this area. Colorado and Utah on Idaho and just the Rockies in general. Summertime. And what Vinny did of the Colorado Rockies in round number one. BOY YOU EVEN GIVE YOU SOUND EFFECTS without. This. A. Speaker 1: Little bit louder. Yeah a little lumber gone. Air Force. Averaging almost 40 to 30 feet a home and. They got a big ovation both of. Speaker 2: The intros in the first round. Here's. And that makes it a lot easier knowing that. A lot of players have heard about Coors Field but they're not aware that they can hit the ball out right down the left the line if they're left handed hitters as well as right side if you're right handed hitters many know that. At twenty five home runs this year and he had 40 each of the last two seasons. Have tany folks can put together back to back 40 homerun season. Speake Right. The question I think this is it the pitcher. Becaus's trying to get some time to. Open. These gentlemen pitching so. It's in the trees. That's in the evergreen. State on that bonds and. Speaker 2: Actually after watching some of this I'm a little disappointed I didn't get watching some of this I'm a afternoon. watching some of this I'm a here easy. Oh yeah I probably missed my missed my only chance. How many do you think you could hit play field 500 year. Part About five more than I hit. This one is a from 0. To. Very nice. Tell you to play pepper with that right field. Are you kidding. A little winded here. Stand back nicely. One more back. Have. You can tell he's getting tired Here. This one has to. Feel that this is a no go. Speaker 1: Clear though stands that's that's a nice poke. Vinnie as we mentionith the 40 home runs the last two years. And make him but he's still continuing to hit home run. So we'll wait till it goes. He's grown on these things so he's really just drop in and drive. On effort. But. It works for him. Well they're 40. In the 90s forty five times a player has it. Forty or more home runs twenty eight times the last two years not including his. That's a bullet point being in the 80s it happened 13 times in the 70s 2010. These numbers Vinny helping that group here in the 90s put up new numbers. The likes of which we haven't seen. Now heot seven outs with five homers. Tony is in with a. Pulled off that. Cut. Under and will get. Yeah he's he's pretty winded right now so. He's. A lot of effort in Wisconsin. He's. Like a floater. Oh. Pull the string on him. Does not necessarily show them for the final. To sweat it. Out. With but. and say five won't make it. Speaker 1: But did it look to me like you get a little tired and toward the end of that round. Yes. I think I. Get my face out of the ball to hit it too far and. Place. You think Five's gonake it. I don't think so. I don't either. Well he talked about him being a better high fastball hitter that pitch was up and he really drives the ball better when he gets it above his belt. Speaker 1: But usually if you're a good fastball here you can handle that pitch up really well. He does. Speaker 2: Getting some great Yeah this is sweet. Told me had a Vinnie Castillo had five Brumfiel. Junior Griffin. Still to come. Here. Now this is the tale the tape in the second round. Now this is the tale the tape in could steal with five. Co to the plate now as Rafael Emerson Lake and Paul Mero and in the first round Oh what a lucky man he was. He hit seven home runs and here's where they win including the back of the back. Christmas strokes. Like that crack of the bat he will snap crackle. Raffi won't hit the prolific home runs but. Speaker 1: Again here's a guy break. ty eight thirty nine and thirty nine. ty eight thirty nine and You don't have to hit five hundred 10 foot home run. It's very consistent. Kind of come down a little bit though told me. He's been the most. Speaker 2: He's been the most impressive show guys. Jim told me no doubt about it. That was aweso Speaker 1: Awesome dis. This one goes to right field back it go. There's. Another sound effect. Right. Get a good piece of lumber to instantly. Sound. Right on the screen. Pitchers put it in a lot of work Mr. Donnelly I'll get. Double. Game It's a knock does it count much here. Speaker 2: Starting to roll. Here we go. I don't think there's any doubt that they do tire it. Oh yeah. It goes up. They also took batting practice. Let's go down a buck Martinez had a couple of special guests it's all. Speaker 1: Well a lot of great news for you this week. Your son Brody is doing much better. How is his day gone for you. Today I mean. Especially given that he's he's doing so much better and. The whole family is able to come back here and. Enjoy this uh. This evend. This great city. Dante. Iraqis fancy and Vinnie Castillo. Have you enjoyed it here. Speaker 2: Oh it's a blast. He did proud for himself and. unbelievable. It's been. It's been a good day for Rocky fans. Speaker 1: All right guys All. But. He had done a big shift and world twice and we talked about ball rolling earlier on and that's a great story. Here's narrow down to the right field side. It's totally territory. Close to the cash side. Yeah. It's running out of outs. Speaker 2: Got under this one anyone go at 5 may not be as bad as I thought. You can post it here in thes bad clubhouse. Go to the putting green in case the playoff later. Romney at. His last out he needs a deuce. Working away. So you get. Right. Move the ball around this game. Three. seat in the finals and. The fans are. Speaker 1: Pleased with that. And I'm saying Rafi Ran out of a little juice as you guys were talking about. Impressive show. Rafi who said it thought it get that through the second round was a little bit harder the second time around. Speaker 2: That was a little bit I was jumping a little bit more and got a little bit tired. All right well congratulations. tomorrow. All hero. Is. Griffey and his son. Keiffey Junior. Homers and anyone. In the first round. round two next T-Mobile in Sprint are joining forces to build America's largest. And most reliable fight. Network with more towers and more engineers. You'll get the best five team network and the best price. Welcome to T-Mobile. Back here at twilight time in Denver Chris Berman Joe Morgan Mike Piazza a home run derby. Jim Tommy is moving on to the championship round. Vinny Castillo with his five hold up. Or will junior Griffey he gets five. He'll be in the first round. Junior had more homers than Here is eight it took him about halfway through guys to get in the groove didn't it Joe. Yeah. That's. and these homerun hitting contests. and these homerun hitting groove so he was eliminated after the first round when he won a couple of years ago. Speaker 2: He'd gotten the in a row. Here's the leaders at the great McGuire of course if the majors junior league. He's. Star Game we missed him in his home run derby and Greg Vaughan with 30. Speaker 2: What a comeback year for him with the front running San Diego Padres in the national league West. San Diego Padres in the national fifth teen guys to have ever hit 50 or more home run. That's a. Astounding statistic and all the players that have ever played this game only 15 of 15 minutes on I believe were. The Babe of course did it four times. Speaker 1: Jimmy Fox Ralph Kiner Willie Mays and Mark McGuire have done it twice. And then Roger Maris Hank Greenberg Mickey Mantle Cecil Fielder. Albert B Junior Brady Anderson. Hank Wilson. Speaker 2: Johnny Mike. Here's your list. That is a very impressive accomplished. Yeah. had a fantastic year last year. You had a Top 40 I mean that you know. Right. guy Sammy Sosa with 20 home runs last month. record for any. Speaker 1: Month in the history of the game. You've got a Superman shirt underneath the right shirt on. Speaker 2: One of those awards itself. Unfortunately slept with some kryptonite. Over it. Yes. I. Remember. A. Speaker 1: Junior has gone for A. He's had that same pressure that Oh man he really felt the pressure on that. An upper decker boy needs five to move on. He's gonna get. The. Account to say I went 15 feet above the wall 15 feet up the walls 14 the right field. Speaker 2: How many does he Was it three or four. Got three needs to Joe. Once. He gets two. tiebreak. Because he had more than anybody else in this. Store. And the last man to decide to play in this home run derby. Is the man moving on to d three. So Castillo gave it a run but five did not hold up. Speaker 1: He's going to keep I guess he feels good. That's ones driven you're center. Speaker 2: I agree with Joe. ball. Yeah. I really do. You have only two people left. You're not going to get as much time to recuperate. His. hitting Congress. Well he's just some power. I think he does want to get booed. I think he does want to getThus off. I forgot about that. It's this one of the Rocky Mountain sky. That's the wrong answer second Decker. So you're watching this contest you have a tendency to get spoiled you don't realize how long those bombs are. Yeah. That's a long ways out. in Pittsburgh was the greatest display. At. Both. Frank Thomas hit one off the left center field Upper Deck damp it was unbelievable. Ran after the home run in the first round. So he won. The Times told me hey. and the junior Griffey against Jim told me in the finals he had the stroke going about halfway through again. the stroke going about halfway Speaker 1: Well he does not have to make many adjustments as in a home run hitting contests. That's his natural swing and he just does the job well. That's the reason he's hit 50 home runs. And he's on his way to 50 again this year or more. So Junior Griffey and Jim told me Lefty's only need apply. To the final zero. Winning. Speaker 2: Games. The championship. MLB at home is presented by T-Mobile here to connect you to what matters most on America's largest 5G network switch to T-Mobile. Back here in Denver Ken Griffey Jr. Jim told me for all the marbles and remember in the beginning. He MCI hitting challenge. Coming up next with future Hall of Famers. George Brett Robin Yount the hawk Andre Dawson just to name a few. John Elway. Speaker 1: All right. Elway family to the championship. Join John King in quite a baseball player. I heard he jumped the game. Remember at the beginning we said. It's there for the taking. I think Tommy got the closeness. He did. I think if you're on the sea of He. Told me definitely leads in upper deck. And think about it Mike. Jim experienced what you did to him under his. You entered him. No he had none in his hometown last year. He's totally changed around this year. Absolutely. just adjustment. And I'm trying to figure out where all these coaches were when I was hitting. No. No one told me anything. I thought you were going to make adjustments after the first time when you didn't get it. Yeah well it's the same thing I really again. but. Makes a big difference tough. Speaker 2: Stuff sometimes. told me here and all you're picking. Speaker 1: Do you want to make Joe what do you think. told me from the beginning. So I guess that's his pick. Stay with us after stay with Griffey goes out with a homerun hitting contests I always pick him even though I was completely wrong last year. With Dave Kingman oh he's you know he's in the next year. Well you might have a chance in that. for Dave Keegan just 20 years too late. Told me Rep. But that'll be enough. I was gonna say before he Tony. Wait till. You pick this up pretty good. Anmember they only get five outs tonight. Here. I can't keep up that stroke. It's. Tough. You definitely have to get in the groove period. Speaker 2: Only five outs you're center field this time. A smile on. A. Lot of. Care. Speaker 1: And off the grind it out. Some people say they are blotto. Maybe they are they want if they open one of those things up. Joe after that slice. Had to. Get out it says. Top flight I know. A. A.ittle bit pressureyou haven'tn five outs. Mickey. Gets under this business seven out back back back back. Oh yeah. Tommy. I just love that everyone brought their gloves out there and. We're really ready for. We haven't seen any casualties out there so these people. Well they know they've been through the one on the beer line. That guy got it right in the back of the guard. Told me he looks good real coffee. What an incredible story. I've been thinking about it last year. During a draw on a blanket shutout. Now he's just in total control. The master of his domain. Patient at the plate lane get back to tissues slowly. I know that second pitch with a slider. I mean it look like down and it looked Cutter. Yeah. I didn't get enough. To get a pitcher scab. Speaker 1: Three out so he's only got two left with just two home run junior Griffey to follow. He joined us late. Mark McGuire ced only four and did not advance in the second round. Surprise it's a pellet. Watch out there. Let's think too with his new ballpark so people of course go to these games you better be ballpark so people of course go Last out for Tommy. Skied. Nine right fielders move on to the ball. And it still drops they. Hit it with a Tony. I don't know if that'll stand for junior now. Here's the swing. Speaker 2: It's time. Well that bit was up a little bit and told me gotten most of it and straightaway center field a full extension. A 53 year old. T-Mobile in Sprint are joining forces to build America's largest. And most reliable fight. Network with more towers and more engineers. Network with more towers and network and the best price. Welcome to T-Mobile. Speaker 1: Junior. Griffey will. Try to get three to winning. If you get to the tie breaking this you may have a shootout if you know penalty kicks you get certain death you get out. So Gilmore previous totals or anything else count right now. Go go go. Go. Go. Speaker 2: Go go go go doors opens for Junior here. But it is if he can get on the board right away. Yeah I like in this first couple of swings again fresh grass dirty. Sammy Sosa. Speaker 1: Somewhat today. The grand. Speaker 2: And the dirt in the The guys whose guys pitch the hitting challenge which was The guys whose guys pitch the So they're definitely tired now they're out of golf straightaway center field. Got. In the grand. Line draw. A pomegranate. Gripping the ball. Very nicely structure. Guys and make a nice plays out there a run around. Memory again just the five outs now. Is a long run. He started at the foul gate with on there. There. Well I think it's great because he finally decided to. Participate in the contest and I think the fans. His. And I think he gave it to him and he ends up winning the contest. from up here. Oh. Good. Reynolds. Congrats. Congratulations junior. Whid you decide to go ahead and make the contest. Well. Coming into BP and I felt OK that I would do it. And. You know I don't like to get booed. God for me for a million reasons why I did it. Congratulations also awesome man challenger here. balls a long ways. You sent him a lot. Yeah. When he hit me the second day in Cleveland. Worked hard and it's a lot of fun and. I know what to say. Well Jim you talked about how and how fun it is for baseball. Do you ever get tired of that. Speaker 2: Well this is great. and watch all the best hitters in baseball do their thing. You know this is good for the fans and you know it was awesome. It was awesome. And you know hopefully they'll ask me to do it again next year. Speaker 1: Gentlemen congratulations Junior. Jim thank you appreciate it. Speaker 2: Back to you. Speaker 1: Boomer up in this booth. Right. Junior Griffin. Congratulations. This was. stroke. On a home homerun champ 498 junior Griffey. Speaker 2: Ironically I think one of the shortest home runs on the contest. Yeah you just got in that front row dropped it over the ledge and picked up that championship. I must admit I think it was a great contest. But you know I was a little disappointed Martin McGuire didn't get to go against Ken Griffey Junior. didn't get to go against Ken To junior Griffey has won in. The. merchandise home run derby is presented by service merchandise proud sponsor of the 1998 service merchandise home run derby and in part by Nike and by Toyota every day belongs to you. Make it count Toyota every day. Speaker 2: Twilight chime in Denver where Junior Griffey is bested Jim told me in the home run derby. Speaker 1: What a great show put on by the Rockies organization the city of Denver. We look forward to tomorrow night. What a treat it was having you up here with us. As you watch this this is get you more excited to play in that game tomorrow night which you'll start again for the National League. I'm fired up. The ball is carrying very well here. So. home run here at Coors Field the quarter ninety six feet. You were ready to top it. Now we'll see what we can do. I think it's going to be probably will top it at. Speaker 2: Put the pitchers got their work cut out. So it's going to be a very interesting game. call a good game. Thanks Mike. Yes enjoy it with you. Thank you Joe. We we try a heck of a show. Speaker 2: Yes we did. pleasure working with him. And I must say that. This was a great show. I mean some of the longest home runs we've ever seen in the home run hitting contest. But I want to make one more Ken Griffey meant when he said he had four million reasons all the great fans that voted for him out there gave him four million votes and he felt that he should play in the contest million votes and he felt that honorable. million votes and he felt that the past that I think the million votes and he felt that really made a concerted effort to prove to the fans that they love them and this is great. Speaker 2: Well he certainly our winner of the service merchandise homerun. We were glad you could join us for our first live telecast of the home run derby. Crowd Reynolds but Marz Joe Morgan Mike Piazza Chris Berman saying so long from Denver. It's been a presentation of ESPN the worldwide leader in sports. Stay tuned. challenge and now.

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