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Pitchers

Does any one know how the pitchers for the derbies are chosen and about how fast they pitch? Xunflash 03:43, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

As I understand it, each batter chooses who is going to pitch to them. For instance, Phillies coach Ramon Henderson pitched to Bobby Abreu in last night's derby. The pitches are relatively slow and easy to hit. Rhobite 04:23, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Not exactly, they are chosen by the players, but being slow and easy to hit is a little off. They need to be fast, the faster a pitcher pitches the faster it goes out of the statium. So yes, easy to hit and not super fast but, right down the middle with some speed on it

I fixed the 1999 Table. It said that McGuire won, but it was Griffey Jr. --Chitomcgee 18:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

This needs to be added to the article, as someone who has never seen this event I had absolutely no idea how the pitching worked. 81.108.102.86 (talk) 13:05, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks Michael Greiner and Xcxf88 for getting back up after some *ssh*le deleted it all --HouAstros1989 02:55, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Television Show

I believe that the Television show section should be a separate article as the show is/was not affilated with the current derby. --Michael Greiner 02:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Yea but its not that big of an article so eventually down the road it'll be request for mergeing with this -- HouAstros1989 03:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

I dont know how to submit info for wikipedia. I was on the Home Run Derby page and knew that there was something missing. I finally remembered. I few years ago I watched a partial season of a tv show by that name. 15 episodes were available on www.hulu.com/home-run-derby. This predates the info in the article by almost 20 years. I hope a dedicated baseball fan will check out all the mini interviews with some of the greatest hitters and put it in the correct place on wiki. Here is some info that I have:

In 1960 there was a 1/2 hour television show called the "Home Run Derby" Hosted by Mark Scott, baseball's greatest hitters slug it out in a champ-against-champ duel on a match play basis. All-stars include Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks,Harmon Killebrew, and many others. Two leading hitters from the American and National leagues would compete. The winner received $2000, the loser $1000. A bonus of $500 for 3 home runs in a row. 4th another 500, each home run after that wa $1000. There were 9 innings, 3 outs per inning, with anything not a homerun considered to be an out. The players would chat with Mark Scott when not batting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.169.254.48 (talk) 15:10, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Talk: Requested move

Oppose. The presence of the sponsor's name in the event's title is transitory, and deserves no more than a mention in the article. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 15:02, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

No consensus for move. Joelito (talk) 22:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Logos?

I'm puzzled why we bother displaying the logos for various different years. They don't add anything to the article, and they're copyrighted, so it seems like we should remove them. Mango juice^talk 19:37, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Giambi

Jason Giambi's number in 2002 is not consistent. In the beginning of the article, it says 24, but scroll down to the year and you'll see 25. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.204.181 (talk) 01:24, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Results section

Under the results, it lists Josh Hamilton as the 2008 champion, but the 2008 page says Justin Morneau. Somebody should fix that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.177.154.82 (talk) 16:48, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Team Statistics Section Issues

The team statistics section is a bit confusing and definitely has some flaws in it. I note the following issues:

Arbitrary Initial Sort Order? - There seems to be no obvious sort order for this table. No number decreases monotonically. Primary sort should probably be Wins? Or Home runs? With secondary sort being the reverse?
Home Run Field Inaccurate - The Yankees won two derbies with a total of 6 HR? And the Red Sox had 60? Even though Ortiz alone has hit 68? (and the total seems to come to somewhere around 90?).
Home Run Field Ambiguous - Does this include swing-offs? What is included? What isn't? No clear meaning for the field.

I think it's a nice section, but as it stands it's just pretty confusing. - Benjamid (talk) 04:52, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Tables

Section 3.3.5 (2004) to present, why isn't there a bracket? And Section 3.3.7 (2006) to present, why is there a subtotal in column 5? And section 3.3.8, Note B will be moved into the table. And 3.3.10 (2009) Note A will also be moved. Thanks! A comment by a person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 04:56, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

There is no bracket after 2003 because the format changed. Now, the two hitters with the most home runs in rounds 1 and 2 (or just round 2; see below) advance to the finals. Previously, they paired off into two semifinal matchups. The subtotal column is present because the format changed again. Starting in 2006, the total from rounds 1 and 2 determined who makes the finals. Before that, round 2 and round 1 were separate and only round 2 determined the finalists. Overall, the article could really use a section explaining the format and format changes. -Rigel1 (talk) 13:49, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Contestants

It does not say in the article how contestants are chosen. Anybody have an answer for that? Tad Lincoln (talk) 03:00, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

There really isn't a set criteria. --Michael Greiner 18:43, 12 July 2011 (UTC)