MLB Home Run Derby gave Cubs fans Schwarber-Contreras semifinal showdown
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Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score.
All right. Give me Mune. Stroking. I assume that's where you're going with it. This is very obvious and easy, but I'm going to have to go Kyle Schwarber. I'm making my pick. And it's going to be Ray's third baseman, Junior Cabinero.
So my pick will be... Why is Jordan Walker's name jumping off the page to me?
Shouldn't.
I guess I'm going Jordan Walker.
A homer wins it, a non-homer, and we're going to a swing-off.
Baseball is not afraid. Wow! Is that enough? Is that enough?
Jordan Walker wins it!
Signed up for the game!
Yeah, I don't know. Unconscious me thought that Jordan Walker was going to be the dude I'd seen too many times where, frankly, he frustrated me watching the Cubs and Cardinals. And he frustrated a lot of people last night at Citi Field at CBP, Citizens Bank Park, in Philadelphia with one swing left. Jordan Walker hit four home runs in a row to beat the hometown guy Kyle Schwarber in the final, and he took the home run derby. That call courtesy of Netflix, and I actually really enjoyed at least the new format, Marshall, of being able to watch people with a certain amount of swings, but then if you were on a heater at the very end, you were allowed to hit until you couldn't have a home run anymore.
The bonus. And that's what worked. Yeah, the bonus worked. And that's how he got this.
I loved the new format. I thought it would be better. It was better. The production side of this needed some tweaking just because I... Look, the whole point was...
How did Jordan Walker clinch the Home Run Derby with four straight homers?
You could take your time, right? You weren't rushed as like swing to swing to swing. But if that's going to be the case, when the guy hits the home run, you need to cut to where the ball is going. And they just kind of stayed with the batter way too often.
But you know what happens is I've filmed baseball for a very long time. And usually you're not cutting to the ball if... they're not able to follow it with the camera.
Gotta be able to follow the ball.
So, I mean, that may have been part of it, too. You know, if you've got not your usual crew, typically, I will say, it is getting real inside baseball. You hire people who are crewed. They know what they're doing. They've shot baseball for many times. But the production aside... At least when it came to the format, I feel like Major League Baseball got this right, and the home run derby was a thing to behold. And you got the head-to-head matchups that you wanted to see. You saw Bryce Harper, then there was the matchup of Wilson Contreras and Kyle Schwarber to make us all very bitter. You know, watching these guys just hit balls out of the park. And for me, all roads go back to Kyle Schwarber when it comes to the Cubs situation offensively.
So to watch him hit bombs was pretty great. But Jordan Walker just put on a show. He was ripping them to left field.
First off, congratulations, Layla, on winning our pool. I have handed you my dollar.
I'm just going to reinvest this money back into the house with more bets.
Okay, well, you do that. I'll gladly take that money back at the first opportunity. But you did a great job. I was completely wrong because I didn't think there was any way that a right-handed batter would win this contest, but I was completely wrong. In fact, you know when I knew I was wrong? When Wilson Contreras hit that ball 490 feet, I was like, oh, this is different.
I mean, there were some measuring tape balls being hit. Was there anything under 400? I feel like practically everything was going over 400.
There were a few under 400. I'll say this. You know I don't have Netflix, right? But my friend came to visit me like two weeks ago. Oh.
Why are you telling this story? The feds are going to come running after you.
It's fine. He came to visit me. It's his Netflix. He was here. And it's going to run out at some time.
Why do hosts say the new Netflix/MLB Home Run Derby format worked better?
At some point, I would go to it and it wouldn't be there. But it was there last night, so that's how I watched.
Hell yeah.
It's like they knew I needed to watch the Home Run Derby. But no, you're right. The format, impeccable.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–1:54
2
How did Jordan Walker clinch the Home Run Derby with four straight homers?
1:54–4:06
3
Why do hosts say the new Netflix/MLB Home Run Derby format worked better?
4:06–5:23
4
What production issues did commentators notice during the Home Run Derby broadcast?
5:23–8:47
5
Which head‑to‑head matchups stood out, including Schwarber vs. Contreras?
8:47–16:15
Speakers
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