My slip suffered complete carnage.Originally Posted by gut
Somebody mentioned Josh Hamilton midway through the event. He said he wished the Derby was still run like the old days. Leave it to ESPN & MLB to fuck things up.
I knew the Josh Hamilton story but I didn’t quite appreciate how legendary his Derby appearance was. 13 straight HR iirc. First HR 513 feet. The game was so damn easy for him.
The sound his bat made was insta-compared to Bo Jackson.
I ended up deep diving Hamilton more than watching Teo. I thought the contest was meh. Props to Teo’s pitcher, Dodger 3rd base coach Dino Ebel. He is a good guy on a bad team.
So Josh Hamilton is drafted #1 & collects $5m. He gets hurt in a car accident with his parents. His parents had never missed one of his games. Hamilton hurts his back and discovers drugs and tattoos while he is on IR. Josh is basically out of baseball for 4 years. You know who offered him a chance back into the game? Andrew Friedman. Friedman lets him slip through his fingers cause he’s an idiot and Hamilton proceeds to go nuts like he never missed a day.
I saw Trea Turner near Teo. I just had to smile. Why would Dodgers want a speedy shortstop with pop. Save money with the budget $400m shortstop they had this year?
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