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Welcome back everyone as we are
just about set for this 2018
T-Mobile Home Run Derby mark to
share Carl ravage monster only.
And Jessica Mendoza there's a
real different feel to this
derby relative to years past.
I think the excitement comes
from the unpredictability
reality of it.
And the idea that you can have I
think any one of the eight
winning.
Yeah.
You know Bryce Harper is
obviously the fan favorite if
you heard the introductions.
There are a lot of Nats fans
that before him he was booed
booed.
Everyone else is rooted in this
entire state was rooting for
Bryce Harper.
But you know everyone in the
country is watching this
everyone in the world is
watching.
If you're a baseball fan and
guys like Reese Hoskins and hey
suits out Aguilar You know Max
Muncie they can make a name for
themselves and that's what I
liked about this year's derby.
It's not the same old guys that
have been in it for years past.
I hear that.
Let's go over to Jeff's Ravi.
I tell you what my favorite to
watch right now is Harvey or
Baez and I can talk all day
about his flat or swing it's
untraditional in all the ways
that he swings the bat but what
you will see from him is his
personality and he is going to
light the stage up just because
of how dynamic he is.
And the bonus guys is these guys
big bro got yell throwing him.
I was chat with them around the
cage one of the things that was
said was hey I'm not afraid I'm
here.
It was like I'm not afraid to
tell my brother and yell at him
and say look I need to throw it
better you should see the two of
them going back and forth
already.
They have fun.
These guys have grown up
throwing BP to each other and
the fact that you're going to
see that dynamic with Harvey our
bias and big bro is gonna be
pretty special.
Yeah.
I mean you mean that literally
like it is his brother.
They both are now new dads.
His brother had a baby two
months ago having had a baby two
weeks ago.
For a reminder of how this whole
thing will play out over the
next couple of hours.
Let's get to the rules for a
minute timed at bats.
The next pitch is not supposed
to be through up until the
previous pitch lands here's one
time out for it.
That's all around to two and a
half minutes you'll see the guys
calling time out and you get two
time outs in the finals.
There's a bonus time you can
earn 30 seconds for two home
runs a 440 meeting or longer
Bregman has already said he
can't do that.
So we're not talking about extra
time and there is a tiebreaker
one minute at bats clock won't
stop.
It's still tied there's a swing
off of three swings for batter
so this whole thing changed to a
time format has brought the Home
Run Derby fireworks to a new
level.
You think about years past.
Until the change in 2015 the
most total a home run by all
competitors all competitors in
the Derby was set back in 2005.
That was 1 8 since we changed
the format the total home runs
have gone off the charts the
first year a hundred and fifty
nine sixteen two hundred three
last year another one hundred
and ninety five or hit the three
highest home run totals by a
player have come in the last
three years.
John Carlos Stanton at sixty one
in 2016.
Judge forty seven Fraser forty
two in 2016 when he lost he
actually hit more the year he
lost than the year that he won
and a lot of that is also based
on how many home runs you have
to hit based on what the guy
that you're competing against
did take a look at tonight's
road to the title it's brought
to you by Taco Bell that will
ultimately go from top left to
the bottom left to bottom right
and then hubby by his and Max
Muncy Harper and Freeman will
actually hit last and I think
the fans are gonna be so pumped
up to see Harper because there's
a lot of excitement and Harper
is going to be the last guy to
hit he is gonna be the last guy
to hit Reese Hoskins part of
that Philadelphia Philly
tremendous story goes up against
use Aguilar to start things
Hoskins it's six for two hundred
and twenty five He's got 14
homers He's an eighth seed to
talk to people around the
Phillies This is something that
they think he's going to do
really willing for a lot of
reasons Yeah he's a home run
hitter I mean he might be a
little bit of a late bloomer
he'll get twenty five home runs
his entire time at Sacramento
State but he's a fourth round
draft pick burst onto the scene
last year was in the Futures
Game last year rowdy that's how
fast this
guy has ascended in Major League
Baseball and now he's on one of
the best teams in National
League and the Phillies course
part of the dynamic who is the
guy throwing to you and that's
Chris true he has his batting
practice pitcher he was also his
minor league instructor so they
spent a lot of time together in
the minors actually get four
minutes on the clock and we're
underway with the derby and
Hoskins has a very simple swing
he presets his hands early he's
got a nice leg kick that gets
himself ready he's a guy that I
think once he gets in a groove
can hit a lot of home runs and
that's where the four minutes
really gives him a lot of that
first one can go.
Here you go.
The seal has been broken.
That's the second one that's
headed that way and a pitch up
on the foul ball a good sign for
Reece Hoskins and he's not going
to get.
He's got four home runs and
thirty six at bats at Nats Park.
He knows how to hit home runs
here.
Couple of things early you
noticed through the Eddie ball
sort of torture those letters
he's the ones that he's been
able to hit out of the park and
you can tell he wants to pull
right now.
Everything's been the left side
of the field.
He's not trying hit the ball to
center field or right center.
He's going Deadpool right now.
This one could.
But it looks like it's going to
come up shy just based on the
reaction he had.
And it goes by a few feet and
you're going to see a lot of
different kind of home run
hitters here.
Reese Hoskins one of those guys
obviously he wants to pull other
guys the Aggie Lars the
shorebirds of the world.
They can hit the ball all over
the park and still get him out.
He feels like he's going to go
and that one does.
So he's moving it now towards
left center tough part of the
park to hit it to about three
thirty six down the line and
left where that one went over
the wall.
He's getting into a nice groove
right here.
That is a bomb the left field
feeling good about himself right
now ten years ago he walks
George Hamilton it was funny
when you saw his record twenty
eight in that first round it was
like every swing was the same.
You had a carbon copy 28 times
the most incredible thing I've
ever seen.
He was hitting balls with the
old Yankee Stadium that no one's
ever seen hit before.
It looks like Reese is getting a
little tired right now.
You might want to use that
timeouts to give people a little
contact.
Everywhere he goes he takes his
time out.
We are used to hitting about 20
or 30 seconds at a time a normal
round of batting practice is at
most 30 seconds and then you let
the other guys hit four minutes
straight or two minutes and then
a little bit of a break in
another two minutes.
It's very difficult you guys saw
the smoke on the field before
the fireworks off work.
You think air like we have
tonight very humid air.
How does that affect the flight
of the ball.
Well I'm not as worried about
the humidity it's the balls
going to travel and the
humidity.
The one thing that I worry about
is the wind direction change and
I don't mind if it's hot or cold
but the wind starts blowing in
on the as a hitter.
It just gets inside my head.
What's a good number here.
What does Reece want to put up.
What's his lowest with Aguilar.
You need to get in the double
digits at least.
And you don't think in 13 or 14
because Aguilar is going to hit
the tanks again.
Reese Hoskins first hit her two
thousand eighty Home Run Derby.
He looks for his 16 here at Nats
Park and the win tonight is
blowing a little bit right to
left.
So these guys he's right handed
hitters that are pitching balls
out to left center like this
left field may have an advantage
and a little groove going here
all of a sudden he's bang three
in a row over the wall and there
goes another one as he insists
toward double digits ball
Estrada travel a little further
and goes Rhys Hoskins.
This is where that simple swings
really helping him.
He's getting into a groove even
this ball that he didn't hit and
might get out.
Yeah.
Here's your double digits and he
continues to absolutely hammer
the ball the time out clearly
paid off and he has hit one for
sixty three.
He needs one more over 440 to
get that bonus get him an extra
30 seconds he still has a minute
to go harder or easier you think
to be the first guy not only in
the Derby but also in your
battle.
I think it's actually easier to
be the first guy because you can
just focus on hitting home runs.
You don't focus on how many I
need.
And what's this guy got.
You just go out there and see
the ball and try to crush it.
Now he's getting tired.
Is this an event you can kind of
dig down deep for or once you're
out of gas.
Are you want to.
I mean I think once you're out
of gas you're out of gas.
This one's going to get out.
But again the big guys the big
strong guys have an advantage
here and Hoskins is a big dude
six four to twenty five.
Nothing to laugh about.
I like the groove he's in right
now and I'm sure he's use
angular it's like OK I thought
you were tired so I'm going to
go.
What's going on here.
Don't count them out.
Four hundred and thirty six
eight months to just jack one
for forty seven seconds left.
That one's going to get out he
needs one more.
This is a really impressive
opening round for somebody
that's never done in Durban
before.
That is an impressive out in
front Rhys Hoskins right there
and he got that.
What a start.
Reese Hoskins 17 home runs in
that four minute opening round
and doesn't get a bonus but
Pacers seven teams on the board
that that's really tough.
And again that's why I like
being the first guy here now
Aguilar is going Man 17 has a
lot to hit.
I was thinking good about maybe
14 or 15 but again I talk about
that simple swing.
He's got a little leg kick.
He sets his hands early.
You're going to see a lot of
guys in this format have a big
leg kick.
Their hands were moving all over
the place.
He is a very quiet hitter and
that's one of the reasons that
he was so consistent gotten to a
groove and left field here.
Fireworks here on the screen you
take a look at the spray chart.
The red representing the longest
home run that he hit this was a
guy that grew up playing
baseball basketball and football
as you mentioned in the Futures
Game.
Last year he was the
International League Rookie of
the year the MVP and he was
fourth in the rookie of the year
race last year.
Remember he burst onto the scene
all of a sudden he had
Philadelphia fans thinking about
some of the greats that wore
that uniform from years past he
was doing things that few other
Phillies had ever done.
Yeah.
Eighteen home runs in 50 games
last season and he got off to a
slow start this year but the
Phillies are going to be in this
race and the NLD and a healthy
hot race Hoskins is going to
make that team a lot better in
the second half of the season 17
homers and you see the rest of
the statistics there the average
distance for 10 and a exit
velocity of one hundred three
bases Aguilar Next up Freddie
Freeman joining us here at the
desk.
You just saw one dude go through
it.
So what do you think.
He didn't really well.
Pretty tough to go first.
And I felt like he did a great
job.
Oh jeez.
What did that player in the 20.
You are ancient right now.
Twenty eight.
I've got to make you feel good.
Though you feel like a kid
still.
And everyone's telling you
you're the salty vet of the
dirt.
You know it's nice.
I guess I guess I am the salty.
But these young guys go out
there and just put on the show.
This is the youngest Derby by
age combined of the eight that
we've ever had as Aguilar misses
his first two sets.
When he gets one he's going to
keep going.
Here are some easy power at bat.
And you said it Carl this is
easy and I look at a guy like he
rides a car mostly I play with
cars.
He doesn't swing the bat that
hard and the ball goes a mile
and he's a guy that can hit the
ball in all different fields.
He stands up tall and gets
underneath the ball so every
ball it seems like has a chance
to go out.
Freddy your first derby.
All right.
So we're going to.
You still got a little ways to
go and so you're in there but do
the butter get butterflies.
What's the what's the feeling.
I think everybody does.
You know my hands are sweating a
little bit.
You know I think it's just more
excitement to get out there and
try and put on a good show for
the fans.
They're all here to see how far
we can get them so hopefully we
can do that.
Now tell me.
Aguilar right now is taking his
time.
Yeah.
Are you going to be a little bit
quicker you gonna be a little
bit more deliberate which side
of the tape.
I think we got a little bit
quicker especially.
He knows what he needs to do to
reach but his 17 out there.
But I think we go a little bit
quicker if I can.
Yeah and he said he's taking his
time here Carol.
He doesn't realize it does yet.
You've got 17.
All right.
You only have five right now.
Got to get hit 17 to go on to
the next round.
Just lastly before we let you go
did you ever think that the
smoke wasn't going to clear out.
There was a chance we actually
looked at Bryce was like I
don't.
Where is everybody.
No.
But at the end it was kind of
clearing out and the smoke was
on the flag was pretty cool
pretty cool.
All the guys are telling them to
hurry up everyone is telling
them man you need eleven more
home runs the tiger you got to
hurry up.
Yeah he's got some serious pop.
He can get there but he's got to
be a little bit quicker now.
Seriously.
Somebody actually suggested
because somebody like Aguilar
hits it so high and you're not
supposed to throw the ball until
it lands he's costing himself
some time.
That's one was a shot and he
hasn't taken his time out yet
but if he hits it so high up
hang time on a punch is like
eight seconds here.
I know.
I unfortunately saw it hit a few
homers against us and this guy's
got incredible power.
But I think I'm gonna have the
same problem as him.
I I'm going to hit him high too
so I can go a little bit
quicker.
He's going to take a timeout
Freddy thank you so much.
Look forward to seeing it.
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I'm not sure the sense of
urgency is there right now for
Aguilar.
He's going to run out of time
here with 90 seconds less than
that.
He needs nine more homers to tie
and this is guy.
He's got great back control and
he's not just a home run hitter
he's got almost a thousand yes.
So he knows how to control the
bat.
I'm not sure he understands the
internal clock right now but he
can get on a run and still hit
yo nine more home runs to tie up
in the last minute.
Yeah and you can see that pace
tracker in the upper right hand
part of the screen showing you
how far off the pace he is.
This was a guy that went to
spring training and Greg Council
said to him Prove to me you
belong on this team.
And he did in spring training
with seven homers and 19 RBI
hasn't stopped since then.
But Reece Hoskins has got to be
feeling pretty pretty good about
himself.
He is I mean this is this is
eight beating one.
I mean this is a huge upset
unless we see something crazy
here in the last 30 seconds.
And Aguilar has not hit any
balls over 440.
So it doesn't look like he's
going to get any extra time.
We might have a Reese Hoskins
upset.
He serves that one out into
right field.
If you're a fan in right field
you've kind of been vomiting.
Haven't seen ball's hit to you
yet but we haven't gotten that
one leaves the building.
But he's going to run out of
time by the time the ball lands.
He loses for five six seconds
and eleven home runs has nothing
to be ashamed of but Reese
Hoskins just put on an absolute
clinic in that first round and
he's not going to beat it beat
right here.
No that's gonna do it.
Reese Hoskins has got to advance
the Philadelphia filly.
This continues to trend.
The number one seed hasn't made
it to a final in the bracket
format.
Last year Gary Sanchez Stanton
out to a number one seed.
Well once again not make it to a
final under this bracket format
as chasers.
Aguilar is defeated most home
runs by a number one seed in any
single round was 16.
Mark Trumbo.
So that number one seed label
has not proven to be something
that has worked very well.
Well this isn't exactly like
college basketball.
All these guys can hit home
runs.
No one through eight in this
format.
They're all kind of equal and so
Reese Hoskins advances take a
look at this.
That's Roberto Clemente.
And he was given that outfit to
wear in the All-Star Game in
1971 and 1972 heavier year by
his visit to be Roberto Clemente
museum.
And he loves it because of
course from the same country he
put the jacket on.
I'll be here.
Myers joins us here he gets his
microphone adjusted.
Tell me what that moment was
like putting that jacket on and
why.
Oh forget you know it was first
of all it was impressive to be
there and done with him.
Yeah.
And then he was I I never done
this but I'm going to ask you to
put that jacket on.
Nobody nobody done it before.
I just got really excited.
And you know as soon as I put it
on and he was he was going to
perfect with perfect video I
did.
So it was great.
It was great right.
I mean that's an honor.
That's you.
You get chills when you do that.
What he did Roberto Clemente
mean for you.
Oh I love it.
You know he's he's been huge for
obviously a recorder and he was
useful for a lot of people.
You know a lot of Latin guys and
you know why he did what he did
in baseball he was in this huge
booth here as we continue this
year.
This is the Roberto Clemente
jacket.
They would like you to wear it.
I'm gonna put it right now for
the weekend.
I'm not sure if you can wear it
during the derby but we want you
to wear this tomorrow to the
All-Star game.
Oh yeah.
Roberto Breslin meant a war that
in 71 and 72.
I understand this is like
playing on fields that Ruth and
Mantle and Mays and all those
guys sit on you're wearing a
January 28 team.
Pablo look look I hope that
looks beautiful looking good
luck.
I'm watching my son right here.
That's impressive.
Yay.
Our next match up is Harvey will
stay with us wearing Roberto
Clemente s jacket style
shorebirds.
And Alex Bregman this should be
a real good when you get a
couple of guys that are four and
five seats.
Very different body types.
One you think the prototypical
home run hitter and Tauber
Harvey's teammate Bregman that
blue collar grinder who has
pledged I'm hitting line drives.
I'm trying to as many as it can
as quickly as I can.
And as should go see gains.
Tell us Harvey what we should
expect.
Oh.
We're going to have a great show
right here from to Larry this is
the first one.
I mean I know that's a long one.
Oh goodness.
Hey God this guy has a classic
homerun swing here.
He had the launch angle figured
out before we all started
talking about it.
He actually had to raise his
hands a little bit right.
How about that.
He was getting underneath the
ball too much.
Yeah.
We practice we practice and
that's that's what he was doing.
He was kind of rushing a little
bit and I told him to just take
BP.
You still got goo goo around BP
and you know stage stage show to
a ball boy that is going to spot
you in this ballpark.
You go up there you're going
long he's going to threaten
those two four four.
Oh yes.
That's good.
Hit the scoreboard.
He did scoreboard.
He he's going to hit a ball over
the seats into the concourse
there in right.
Yes.
I hope I love your enthusiasm.
Keep giving me it with my eyes.
I love what you're doing here.
So is there a friendly wager I
mean does does the does the guy
that hits the least amount of
home runs at the buy dinner I
mean what's the wager between
you and Howard.
We'll see if we get to find
those and let's see what they
say.
I mean I'm trying to win this
but I know he's going to he's
going to put a great show here.
This one's going to get up and
get out three times he said
Homer's heart he said balls card
off the wall so he's missed
three by a phone seven feet
total and he's already getting a
timeout.
A little early for the time out
but he's got one home run over
440 already.
He needs another one for the
extra 30 seconds.
He gets 30 seconds.
We'll take it along with him and
have more with hubby or bias.
He tries to comfort for me to
keep my thoughts from exposing
about natural fires rebellion is
forming.
Flip the switch.
Is there anything that tastes
better than this and it's not so
far.
Looks like you guys could use a
hand time out over we're back
Mark to Sheriff crawl ravage and
heavier bias as you're wearing
the Roberto Clemente jacket.
It shows she had a great deal of
style like you have style.
Oh yeah always happy you guys.
You got Luke will always win the
show.
The show.
You are in the show.
Harvey Swarmer ever tell you
about his high school linebacker
days back in in Ohio.
He was all Ohio linebacker.
Did you know that.
No.
I mean he looks like a football
player right now.
I know.
He loves his way actually.
And he's too you can tell that
he's got that drive.
Yeah.
This is one of those high
majestic home runs that's gonna
get to the upper deck.
Well from Kyle more than we've
seen now Aguilar and shorebirds.
He got on top of that one and a
big number from Hoskins 17.
Yeah.
Sure he's gonna do a nice little
groove right here.
I got a feeling he's gonna get
that extra over 440.
I got a feeling he's going to
hit a bunch more home runs and
get to the second round and the
balls say that.
John Berman that could be a line
drive out the center.
That's gonna go.
No doubt.
Little backspin on that one.
Oh he got that fit.
He had the extra.
Yeah.
He got the extra.
This one's coming up a little
shy for Schwarzer.
Cubs number one pick back in
2014 out of the University of
Indiana.
Number four overall pick of
course has had a couple of
postseason heroic type moments
in it five home runs in the
postseason a thousand fifteen
and that's a farm here you're
saying hands him.
Hey Mike Pence I know we used to
we're used to because he's not
sure he played.
Yeah yeah.
We get it.
We made good contact we go him
short for Hammer.
Yeah him.
Oh I love it.
He's getting on top of these
pitches.
It is his BP pitcher throwing it
up there on purpose again.
He likes it up there for BP Yeah
yeah for 18 he had won it for
thirty nine he took a wicked rip
at that one Wow still going no
sits there with twelve seconds
to go and a total twelve that's
a huge Homer here and he doesn't
look like he's getting tired at
all and he looks at his swings
look the same now than they did
his first few he's got his 30
second bonus he's got he's got
there any second bonus and he
drops the bat and like a
heavyweight fighter takes a few
steps back but he's got 30 I
work on his hobby take a look at
his swing what do you see it's a
swinging single day.
Yeah oh yeah he's behind the
ball right there you see how you
see how he's knee love lugs
before he swings.
I think I think that's for me
that's my key to not not jump to
the ball have and stay stay
behind the ball and I'll talk
about front foot hitters and
back foot hitters it's not a
knock to be a front foot hitter
but it's actually harder I think
to hit off your front foot he
nails it though he's so good
even though he gets out on that
front side he stays balanced and
that's how he's taught me he
locks that front side and
actually hits off that front
side Yeah you know he got you
know he got ball too so yeah he
doesn't need to back foot it and
give it any more lift.
There's a guy that is now
watching the scoreboard closely.
Thirty seconds Alex Bregman he's
got 30 more seconds to see what
his opponent will do.
This thing is really high and
likely deep enough to get out
and it doesn't.
Did you hit with any of these
different colored balls.
No no.
They looked like they're a
little bit tougher to hit.
Yeah.
Looks like it.
Yeah that one is going to land.
Yeah they're standing there.
Did that hurt didn't hurt.
Wow.
First one in the third deck and
then that was up.
That's it.
That's impressive right there.
Really impressive Swarmer the
second highest total so far.
The Chicago Cubs the last 16 and
that's the market Alex Bregman
will have to get to you.
You're sitting here you're in a
home run derby you're talking
about what your teammates do and
you wear Roberto Clemente is
Jack.
How you doing right now.
Oh perfect.
Perfect.
Oh yeah.
Life is good right now for hobby
buyers.
So this is the one that went
over 450 and again he's got a
very balanced swing and
absolutely unloads on pitches up
in the zone.
I was impressed seeing all these
home runs these balls are waist
up and he's getting on top of
them hit them a long way still
getting backspin on pitches that
are up in the zone.
How do you watch your body do
it.
How fired up are you.
You ready.
Yeah.
You ready.
Oh yeah.
Go get him.
Thank you man.
Thanks Harvey.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you.
Harvey are buyers of the Chicago
Cubs once again wearing the
great Roberto Clemente jacket
that is displayed to me.
Roberto Clemente Museum in
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania he'll be
able to wear that for the next
couple of days.
Harper and the rest underneath
getting set reminder that the
all star legends some celebrity
softball games can be seen
tonight at 10:00 Eastern time as
soon as we are done the red
carpet show is tomorrow it's
presented by Chevrolet.
And for those who don't know
that's what all players get in
the back of vehicles and are
driven down the streets here in
Washington D.C. to the delight
of the crowds that line those
streets.
The All-Star Game presented by
MasterCard at seven thirty on
Fox.
Here he is the bulldog out of
Albuquerque New Mexico.
Alex Bregman some big digits to
get to it even by his own
admission.
I'm probably not going to get
the 30 second bonus so he's got
to get going.
He's funny.
He was talking about having hit
everything the left the first
one off the bat what went a long
way I think.
I think Briggs was underselling
himself a little bit saying that
he wasn't going to hit a lot had
to hit him low and down the
line.
But this guy does have the most
level swing in the field it's
short it's quiet.
He usually lets the pitcher
supply the power but right now
he's provided plenty of it
himself.
Yeah I talked with Alex Bregman
the other day guys and I said
Hey you're probably the underdog
because of your size as well.
I should be the underdog and
five foot ten I'm a hundred
ninety pounds feels like he's
playing to that.
When I talk to Astros manager
A.J. Hinch a little while ago I
said he really thinks he's going
to win this right.
Absolutely.
He believes he's going to win
this thing.
Buster you look over your left
shoulder.
You got Verlander you got
Springer standing there Al too
vague Gary Cole they're all
doing their best to root on Alex
Bregman.
This is a very tight close knit
group.
Of course they won the World
Series last year and they are
truly in support of each other
whether it's a derby or any
other active.
And as we're seeing right now
Bregman is a line drive hitter.
He knows in games he does not
try to hit home runs because he
says he'll pop them up too much.
So he doesn't try to hit homers
in games he just has to be
really good at that.
Here he goes though and you see
Springer and L2 they understand
where we're going to roll going.
We hit a line drive over the
third baseman head and in
Houston Greg's will always be a
hero for that game five walk off
on it in the World Series.
He can probably get a
reservation anywhere he wants in
Tampa fragment has some ties his
family does too.
The Washington baseball scene
his grandfather Stan Bregman was
the general counsel for the
Washington Senators.
Stan moved to Texas in 1971 when
the team was sold.
He helped negotiate the Texas
Rangers signing of Ted Williams
is the team's general manager.
Baseball has been in the Bregman
blood for a long long time so
the Astros are now all clearing
the way.
He just was just about ready to
interview one of them but now
they're traveling down Bregman.
He's got a time out.
We'll take one to watch your
back on Toyota.
Let's go please.
All right.
You talked about teammates right
now I mean World Series champs
they are cheering on their
teammate Bragman right now.
What's been the advice you guys
just went over their game in
town.
I'm just kicking it next year.
Frankly has gotten that next
gear.
My leverage you know big time
situations this is one of them.
All right.
You've been giving him advice
you would cheer louder than
anybody.
But for a man this is it's fun
to watch him do it.
But fun to have him in there.
So men a tough tough swimmers Ed
Balls all over the map.
So I'm happy.
I just am documenting like all
of us.
Well I wanted to get my
Instagram life high anyway
because this is cool and I'm
rooting for my teammates.
You're a fan.
These guys are yelling giving
him in the break.
Guys this is awesome to me their
religion teammates.
And this is going to be tight.
He needs.
He needs seven.
And that one's going to go
through he's going to need six
here in a buck a buck fourteen
without any extra time and he
can get there but I'm just
wondering a little guy even
though he's strong will he wear
out a little bit more as this
home run derby comes down to the
last minute of his first round.
He's got he's got eleven
Springer's doing jumping jacks
here his teammate here he goes
nuts right now.
Here he goes.
Springer's got to pull a
hamstring jumping all over the
place.
That's the next gear for just
about 40 seconds plenty of time.
He needs three more to go his
swing still it's great to win a
tie.
He's got to get his go.
Need one he's got plenty of
time.
He's got twenty five seconds to
get to that one's got to go and
it's taken time off the clock.
Sure.
But he has Swarmer he's easy new
he needs to now to win the one
to tie.
Ten seconds to go.
One may tie it and listen to his
crowd.
Going down baby.
He was there for it.
That was so much fun to watch
because this crowd got behind
them.
I think the only American
leaguer in the tough here feel
it.
I think his crowd was behind
him.
That was fun to watch over
survives.
What about standing out here to
the entire American hired
American team is out there.
This has got to be the first
derby where you've had seven of
one league and only one or the
other.
Very cool to watch.
That was outstanding the last
two came so close.
Oh yeah.
Seemed like he hit like two
pennies just like that.
They just came up with just that
just too much of a line drive
couldn't get it out last one
through the eyes and they
instant drachma.
Justin Verlander the misses by a
few feet.
So that guy's heart was pounding
and he will survive Charlie
morning.
Another one of the Astros there
with his child so Hoskins the
eighth seed as John Crocker old
friend just texted me Hoskins
just participated in a couple
derbies before and won at the
Double Bay level.
You can tell that he's had some
experience because he looks
really comfortable in that box.
All right.
HOSKINSON Schwarzer they
advance.
Coming up the second Chicago Cub
and the man who just sat with us
here by us against one of the
biggest and best stories in
baseball.
Another Dodger Max Muncy is
here.
And then the all star started
square off Freddie Freeman of
the Braves taking on the
hometown hero Bryce Harper
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The Chicago Cubs.
As we take a look at some of his
numbers nineteen home runs this
season and when you think about
players built for events on
their bios seems to be built for
the Home Run Derby.
You take a look at stat guys
this launch angle his exit
velocity.
Those are just some of the
things that make up heavier bias
as he gets set.
We want to remind everybody
there is a second screen
broadcast of the 2000 AT&T
Mobile Home Run Derby it's being
seen on ESPN News right now.
Jason Burnett he handles the
play by play of that.
He's joined by Eduardo Perez and
Mike Petrillo of MLB dot com.
We're gonna let you listed into
their advanced metrics stats
look at this right now with you
we have so many tools to show
you.
We have our launch pad that
you'll see in the bottom left of
the screen bottom right.
You'll see a running log of the
home runs with exit velocity and
launch angle and distance as
well.
Harvey by as is the first batter
that you'll see in quarter final
number three.
Harvey hereby as one of the free
swingers in baseball standing in
the box.
I want to follow up on something
I'm talking about for ninety
eight point seven miles an hour
on his line drives and fly
balls.
The only guys in baseball who
are better than that J.T.
Martinez Stanton Gary Sanchez
Joey Gallo.
That is a week.
And this is perfect for him.
He's never homer at Nats Park
though and he looks like he's
gonna wait the entire day.
Yeah and this is going to be
really interesting because his
brother is the one that's
pitching to him.
And you look at a guy now that
under this pressure a lot of
people we haven't seen Harvey
get too comfortable with him
right now he's telling them to
slow down the velocity raise the
velocity.
You see a lot of movement at the
top of his body with his arm.
He has the power to go straight
away.
That's what he has to do.
19 home runs this year average
of 4 0 4 4 this season for by is
this 1 2 left field and Judge
short.
That's his older brother you're
mentioning Eduardo Guardiola.
He's 27 years old now.
He serves up tater number two to
Harvey by is.
See if I can find a pocket tape
till I feel again for 79 for
Harvey air by bye.
So that's your first for 40 plus
is the easy pop isn't it.
Look at this one.
How simple did that look.
Deep into the Washington night
and bonus time very early for
Harvey Baez.
That's a dagger to last that he
just had just wide and watch his
stance a little different than
what he has in the regular
season.
It's open.
He's away from the plate.
He wants to get extended.
He knows that he can go the
other way for seventy nine and
be the longest he's ever hit his
major league career line drive
again till I feel a little slice
there toward the corner for
Baez.
That was way inside.
Oh he's going to hang.
That's what he does.
Thanks for checking in with us.
We're over on ESPN News Carol
back to you.
Jason thank you very much
Eduardo.
Mike we appreciate that.
Another way to look at this Home
Run Derby two thousand and
eighteen so heavier by a 6.
He's under two minutes to go.
He's got help from the former
and a variety of other guys too.
May very well be about your flag
and your country as much as it
is about the team that you play
for he's got enough coaches I
think to help him out right now.
Which one do you listen to
right.
Lenders out there as well for
Puerto Rico.
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enforced went to Puerto Rico
with the major leaguers the
Indians and the twins earlier
this year who's a Berrios who is
here.
He was there pitching that night
up here buyers of course from
Puerto Rico for school the door
was there and what we've seen
with bias so far he's hitting
some really long home runs he
creates incredible leverage with
that late kick and he's got a
long swing but it's a really
quick swing so he gets away with
it and that's how he can hit the
ball so far get that ball up in
the air and we've seen the guys
that have put up the big numbers
all three of them shorter that
one was way outside and skill to
took the high swing rate in
Major League Baseball Sixty one
percent.
So you know his brother may not
be throwing every ball right
down the middle but Hobbes used
to hit balls all over the place
waiting for that groove that we
saw Bregman and Schwarzer get
into when Hoskins we hit about
six seven in a row out yeah but
you know a guy like him because
he has so much going on in his
swing he's not going to be as
consistent he's not going to hit
six or seven in a row.
He might.
You saw me cap the first one the
first when he was way out front.
He might be way out in front of
one and then hit the next one
that dead center field.
He's just got that type of back
control.
He hits it all over the place
hammered that one.
He's got that 30 second bonus
already earned six foot one
hundred and ninety pounds.
That was the club's first round
pick in 2011 on a high school.
He was the ninth overall pick.
He's idolized Alex Rodriguez
going on.
And this is how much Joe Maddon
his manager with the Cubs thinks
of him.
He says as soon as he stopped
swinging sliders in the dirt
he'll become Manny Ramirez one
of the best hitters of the last
twenty five years.
That's what guys around baseball
think of hobby bias.
Well you've seen it too.
I mean he has gotten better and
better and this one is hammered
down the line.
He's gotten better every year.
He's played in some big
situations in the world baseball
classic.
He's played in the world series
on the on the highest stage.
He's got no problem here at the
Home Run Derby.
Now this is the group that
you're waiting for as he gets
this extra 30 already and he
just had his fourth team Tobias
feeling good after the timeout
and all the advice from his
fellow countrymen.
We'll take a time out see Harvey
by his last 30 seconds.
See you in 30 seconds right now.
On the air bias Francisco
Landau.
Big smile Jon Lester coming out
there.
We still got 30 more seconds for
Harvey Tobias so his brother
locked in.
He did say during the press
conference I was with him
earlier today.
I can yell at him like I can
tell him like you've got to put
it here.
And you know what.
And that's important because you
don't want to yell at your
batting practice right here in
front of millions of people
watching worldwide.
It's your brother you have no
problem doing that.
And I think that's made him
comfortable.
You did.
You got off to kind of a slow
start here in a nice rhythm.
Let's see if that a little break
here got him off.
But he's got 30 more seconds 14
home runs that's impressive so
far Hoskins had 17.
Let's see if he can get over
that mark.
That's months.
He has hit homers at a higher
rate of twenty four at bat every
20 at bats he goes deep.
Everybody else is really close
to that.
So he's got at least 14 he's
going to have to get Gaudio
throws one and that half hammers
early when I asked him about his
brother he said he's basically
me just a little older.
Gets me maybe not as good as I.
I was going to say I think that
might be the biggest difference.
Have you ever played with a
passion rarely seen by players
and he may very well be the NL
MVP but I'm talking about called
dead center field home run down
the field left left field line.
He hit the ball over the place
and that's really helping him in
this home run derby that Puerto
Rican flag it's brought out by
Lindau and they all embrace
Harvey and Gaudio Molina there
as well as we take a look at
some of the swings from half
here by us and that's the leg
kick I was talking about again
the long swing.
But it is so quick and in slow
motion it doesn't look quick but
he's got some of the most pop in
baseball even though he's only 6
feet tall.
He's a guy that again if he
swings it good pitches he
becomes one of the best players
in baseball.
He's got the defense if he can
get a little bit better at
picking out pitches to hit.
We're going to talk about him
being the starting second
baseman in the National League.
Year after year after year this
ball was four hundred and
seventy nine feet again.
Anything over 440 is kind of
that magic range where you get
two of them you get that extra
two four seventy nine especially
the longest home run that he's
ever hit heavier fire 16 overs
in the first round especially if
we don't get it done.
We don't get that extra
distance.
Max Munsey think about his
turnaround.
You talked about it.
His story one of things he's
done is doubled his five ball
rate what he's done to his swing
he's lowered his hands but also
his stance.
You talk about launching go for
him.
It's about getting under the
ball by getting his lower half
underneath the ball.
He doesn't think about his upper
half or his back half he thinks
about his legs getting lower.
This is a guy that hit more
ground balls last year.
He splits that number hitting
five balls.
That's why he got himself in the
home rendered.
Yeah.
And for baseball fans that are
tuning in and saying really Max
Muncie wasn't Bellinger in this
thing last year from the
Dodgers.
Haven't we seen week in this
thing Seeger who is Max Muncie.
Well Max months is a guy who was
released by Oakland last year.
He started this season in the
minor leagues but you know he
credits all of that success to
the changes he made
mechanically.
And if it wasn't for Max Muncy
the L.A. Dodgers would not be at
the top of the National League
West.
Absolutely.
That's how poor he isn't just a
home run hitter.
He's had to seventy one.
He's got an opus over a
thousand.
And he can repeat his swing.
He'll stay low and stay quiet
that stocky body allows him to
repeat that swing.
He was only about 15 months ago
that he was released by the
Oakland Athletics.
He was back and trying to wait
for time for the Keller high
school team.
Keller Texas to finish their
practice so he could get some
swings in a cage.
And when the call wasn't coming
for his next job he and his dad
Lee talked about well if I don't
get the call what am I going to
do.
Maybe I'll go back to Baylor
finish my degree pursue business
and now he's in the home run
derby guys hitting a lot of home
runs here early.
He's got for one minute in seed
Dave Roberts his manager it's a
sleeper pick here by a lot of
folks if watch back to see play
baseball.
He is in a really nice groove
right now.
He's hitting homerun after
homerun.
He's only a minute into it he's
already got five now six I think
the most important thing that
his dad did for him and he
talked about this is re instill
a level of confidence he
acknowledged and athletes aren't
willing to talk about it very
much.
He was disappointed in himself.
He was on the verge of shutting
it down like Buster said.
But he absolutely had lost his
confidence no doubt and I don't
care what you're doing in a
baseball game.
It's tough to hit.
If you're the best hitter in
baseball you've got confidence
through the hole through the
roof.
You can go for 4 0 4 8 and all
of a sudden start doubting
yourself.
So we have a guy who was
released who's hitting that a
high school who no one wants to
sign.
You got to think that his
confidence was in the tank and
then he comes out and changes
his swing gets a chance with the
Dodgers.
Obviously it's a great
clubhouse.
He was accepted right away when
Clayton Kershaw says he's the
best hitter in baseball right
now.
It's a close knit group of guys
that are really pulling for Max
Munson.
He's right at that two minute
mark.
He calls timeout out that one
doesn't leave but a good start
here halfway to Harvey bias.
We'll take a time out there Max
once he's round.
DURBIN You want to bring the
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muscles and electrolytes to help
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Gatorade.
That's Bryce Harper underneath
in the cage that he is
incredibly familiar with.
This of course his home park.
He's got the second most home
runs ever hit at this park.
Eighty six of them Ryan
Zimmerman one hundred and three.
The most was Freddie Freeman who
was booed by this very biased
Washington crowd when he was
announced before the national
anthem.
He's got great sway about him
just Freddie Freeman not going
to be bothered by that stuff.
And I don't think Nationals fans
really love the Dodgers either
Carl.
Max he isn't getting the type of
love and support that some of
these other guys have gotten.
But he sure has hit the ball
long way up or tank from Max
Muncie rolls at one over It's a
souvenir for the folks down the
first base line right undersold
Max's abilities.
He's actually hitting a homerun
at a rate of about 10.
Big shot at par at bat as just
talked about getting low into
his legs gets him under the ball
and he gets incredible backspin
and Kerry when you have topspin.
That's when those line drives
don't get over the wall.
These backspin balls just keep
going.
Huge home runs hasn't yet tipped
that for 40.
He's live in it for 30.
He may not need to to get a few
more to get onto the next round.
He's in.
That's a moon shot right there.
Moon shot that reaches the first
row and Max Muncy is on the
verge of knocking Harvey our
Baez out of this home run derby.
This is really impressive right
now.
And this is a guy who hits a
homerun every ten point two at
bats in real baseball in the big
leagues against the best
pitchers in the world home run
derby is right up his alley.
Bias was holding the Puerto
Rican flag a few minutes ago.
He had to wave the white flag.
Now Max Muncie walks off with
thirty five seconds to go.
I mean that was almost too easy
to walk in the park.
Now those ahead Harvey your bias
in the Derby pool.
That won't work.
What a show by Max Muncie
quickly becoming a household
name beyond Sanjaya.
And that's what we love about
baseball.
Harvey Baez who's been a star on
the national and worldwide stage
gets talked about but it's Mac
month max Muncie a guy no one
knew about until about two
months ago that comes out here
and puts on an absolute display.
He never cut to 440 his longest
was four hundred and thirty five
feet to your point.
He passed Baez with thirty five
seconds to go.
So consistent.
Look at Dave Roberts.
You've got some special that
matches got his Dodgers back on
top in the National League West.
And now we're witnessing perhaps
something that no Dodger has
done which is win a home run
derby next month's big first
step.
Oh yes I got Mickey here.
Mickey Mantle got big laugh.
We're going to go out in the
outfield and shacks and balls.
That's right.
Ready for him.
He's gonna be up.
He's gonna maybe give me some
tips on how it's gonna work.
But first I got to ask you why
why are you hitting.
Because I'm not a home run
hitter.
I just happens that it just
happens to go over the fence.
It happens to go over the fence.
Okay.
All right come on who's in who's
your pick right now.
When you look at all these guys.
I had to stick who I said is the
star and that's that's Bryce
hometown.
This is destiny.
You know destiny that you got
that.
He's fought for the hometown
guy.
We'll see you guys pretty soon
once we get out here.
All right.
Enjoy your game of catch with
Mookie Betts and look I'll find
what vets are selling because I
picked Bryce to at the top of
this telecast.
Max Muncie what a show.
Freddie Freeman Bryce Harper.
Those are the two guys that are
coming up as we get to our last
of our first group.
And Freddie just got announced
to a chorus of boos here at Nats
Park and he had a huge smile on
his face great personality.
This guy's loving it right now.
I'm still going back to the max
Muncie performance and what we
just witnessed.
That was the easiest first round
of any of the six competitors
we've seen so far three sprays
one the other way and he's
looking for his first well
Freddie's one of these guys who
got a quite simple swing get his
hands or his timing mechanism
not a lot of lower body
movement.
There's almost zero movement
compared to the next guy that
we'll watch Bryce Harper who's
got a very complex swing.
But I mean this guy to me is the
best player in the home run
derby.
I mean I think he's been NL MVP
right now.
You look at his numbers three 15
sixteen homers sixty one RB eyes
opiates over nine plays a great
first base and he's been so
consistent over the last few
years.
Fun to watch play luster only
told us that great story asked
Freddie about it today.
In the last three years.
This is hard to understand but
for the last three years every
batting practice he has not hit
a home run never hit a homerun.
The last three years and I don't
believe that but Fred he's not a
guy that would lie to you.
So I guess you have to I mean
you kind of accidentally hit it
hit one over the fence every now
and then and sometimes you got
to know what you have in the
tank.
I mean sometimes you kind of
know all right.
How how my feeling.
Am I going to be able to turn
around ninety five or am I going
to be able to lift the ball when
I need to.
Obviously whatever Freddie
Freeman is doing it works
because again he's having an
incredible first half the
season.
He's had an incredible career
since the Atlanta Braves took
him with their second round pick
back in 2007 on a high school in
California and Jason Heyward
towards that was the first pick
that year.
So you look at a 2007 Braves
draft they did a pretty good
job.
The feel good too for Freddie
given some of the lows that he
is had to deal with with that
Atlanta franchise and where they
are right now because of their
young players but obviously
because of what he's able to do
year in and year out game in and
game out.
Six so far.
Buck fifty five on the clock.
Freeman calls timeout towels off
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Mookie.
You just said that this
perspective is like so cool you
never watch the derby from here
What's this like.
I mean I feel like I got to run
these balls down for some reason
but I was just.
That's amazing you see these
guys as they hit it and gets a
second gear going up and over
the fence so I mean it's this is
amazing.
This has been pretty cool.
We saw Alex Bregman put on a
show I know he didn't advance
but you think about guys
different sizes Freddie Freeman
his size.
How about you you think about
Jose Ramirez.
So many of these guys.
What's it like doing all kinds
of different ways and being able
to crush them.
It just lets you know like it
doesn't matter how big or small
you are.
You can do anything.
You know I was once told the
most expensive perfume comes in
the smallest packages so I kind
of keep that in mind.
I love how you got your gloves.
I got my I got to get ketamine
and go free.
I feel like if I go for one so I
may run under somebody that I
got to play tomorrow.
I got to keep that in mind.
Awesome thank you boogie man.
Back to you and Freddie Freeman
is showing what a great hitter
he is right now.
Most of his home runs are
opposite field to right center.
I mean he's not hitting the ball
down the line.
That's why his bad path is so
good.
That's why he gets hits all the
time.
That's why even as a left handed
hitter in today's game with the
shift he can hit 315.
It's tired isn't he.
He is getting tired and
especially a guy guys not used
to hitting home runs in batting
practice.
But I'm just having fun watching
him take BP because of his
backpack because of how quiet he
is and hit balls the other way.
Was raised by his dad after his
mom passed away his dad would
pick him up every day after
school and 155 dads would go to
work and 155.
He'd go and pick Freddie up
because that's what school
ended.
He would then take him and kids
to him for an hour.
Then he would take him to his
job and Freddie would do his
homework there because at that
age he thought it was too young
for Freddie and that was how his
dad helped raise lot of great
people and baseball players very
cool.
And Freddie just hit his 12th
home run here.
I mean that that's nothing to
sneeze at.
Twelve home runs.
Bryce Harper is going to have to
go out there put up a good show
the crowds of is going to be
behind Bryce but Freddie 12 home
runs not bad.
Martha will go over congratulate
Freeman Harper.
Get set to walk to a place she's
as familiar with as anybody we
get set to watch the Nationals
hometown hero participate in a
second home run derby.
By speed runner up in 2013.
Whole crowd on their feet.
This is cool.
This is an advantage no doubt
about it.
We'll be in Cleveland next year
but we are in Washington and the
home of Harper Freeman eclipses
the first round total ever by a
brave.
The previous one was Fred
McGriff and Andrew Jones with
five.
So he's not that he's got 12
Harper's first swing rest field
and that's gone off the top go
first swing.
That's impressive.
It shows he hit the ball over
the place.
We know we know that he is one
of the Streaky its hitters
during the season.
Can he get on a streak here at
the Home Run Derby and put on a
show this one as high to
straight away center fielder.
He looked as if he didn't think
he got it but it's two.
And it does have an advantage
being his home ballpark.
He has all the sight lines.
He knows exactly where the
ball's going and where it's
going to go out.
He can kind of lock in back on
the pitcher not wondering if
that ball is going to get out or
not.
He also has a man that is just
familiar with Bryce Harper as
you can possibly be as average
one to write in the second deck.
That's his dad who pitched to
him back in 13 and is doing it
again.
And Harper go in straight away
center and huge embraces a
completely different hitter than
what we just saw with Freddie
Freeman.
Lots of moving parts.
The leg kick.
The weight shift the hand hits.
He gets a lot of power from his
legs and we know he's strong.
We know that he's got this
incredible lift.
He's going last row.
He's already got the bonus.
He's got to over 400 three over
four hundred and forty feet
already.
He's in a groove since the get
go.
He had his first run over and
he's not he's hitting balls that
we haven't seen hit from left
handers tonight as incredible as
Muncie was he not hitting the
ball as far as Harper he only
needs four.
He still has half the round to
go to tie him five to winning
got underneath that one.
But there's a little bit of what
we saw last year with Judge
where you pop the ball off the
bat of Harper it just scrambles
a little further than the other
guy so far to that.
Yeah and he doesn't have to get
onto the ball.
That's the swing right there.
He did not get under that ball.
He squared that ball up he can
still hit his 450 feet.
Look I've got a hit of that one
hasn't called timeout.
Perhaps his idea is not to call
timeout one just one he wants to
stay in that rhythm.
I mean listen this kid was 19
year old it is in his first all
star team.
He knows what he's doing.
So Harper who is just three
behind Freeman with 96 seconds
to go.
Calls timeout grab an umbrella.
Kids cause dads go to make it
rain tray trays.
He's saying he's going to score
a bunch of three pointers on
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Are those my shorts guy that was
with Rice and his dad ran down
the cages just before this derby
and I'm telling you it was in
tents.
I mean it was over 40 minutes.
I timed it.
There wasn't much said in the
words that his dad said to him.
I mean it's dad to son.
They're in it to win this thing.
I mean it wasn't smiles and fun
it was.
Let's go.
Yes.
This is huge.
That is of the building the
adrenaline running through Bryce
Harper right now.
I mean he took the anxiety and
the nerves of being the man here
in DC and he put it into every
single one of these swings and
that's why these balls are going
four hundred and forty feet at
will.
At six of them over 440.
A bunch of the guys in this
format haven't hit any over 440
but he's got one more to tie to
to advance a straight away
center.
It's gonna be close but it's not
going to get there.
And he gets 30 seconds in one to
tie if he gets on top it just a
little bit more like that one.
That's where the ball goes a
long way.
He doesn't have to create any
backspin.
He just squares it up it's going
to go a long way one more and
Bryce Harper will advance and
that's what the fans are looking
for.
And he has done it.
Bryce Harper will move on to the
next round.
That's why they came to see and
Harper delivers with time left
on the clock.
He advances past Freddie Freeman
to your point this was a kid
that at nine years old had
travelled teams from across the
country calling to see if Rice
would be interested in playing
for us at nine years old.
Now you look at Bryce Harper
swing.
I'll tell you right now I would
never try to teach any kid how
to swing like this because it is
a very complex swing.
But when it all comes together
like we just saw and like we saw
in 2015 when he had one of the
best seasons in the history of
Major League Baseball there's
nobody better on the planet.
And he he hits this ball an
absolute mile and he know you
need to look at it.
He kept his head down.
He knew that ball was to love
what.
Take a look at the 4 d replay.
Terrific.
Look at it as Harper has moved
on.
Let's hear from him with Buster
only.
Bryce how much fun was that.
Oh man that was great.
Well I'm tired.
I'm gonna.
What kind of juice you get now
this crowd.
Oh man they're great.
They're great all year long.
I freaking love these guys and
girls and women what's it like
to do this with your dad.
Incredible.
My past he's always my hero.
So the other guy here and do
this with him.
There's nothing better right.
Thanks.
Back to you.
Thank you buster.
Bryce Harper speaking to the
country over the television
screen and he was heard here
just why he got the reaction he
did.
Well it's the big boys response
to this Kyle shorebirds match
months.
Bryce Harper solid start to the
2018 T-Mobile Mobile Home Run
Derby.
Harper moves on.
We're down to our final four
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Think about the men that played
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Stan Musial was in the Navy from
1945 to 1946 Willie Mays in the
Army in 1952 to 53 take a look
at the military that is in the
audience tonight.
We saw the pregame ceremony
where forty five members of the
military were told they were
going to a home run derby party
and instead they come here
tonight naval crypto logic
technician Russ Newberg an Army
Staff Sergeant Jacob pencil.
They're the two finalists in the
all star Armed Services home run
challenge presented by T-Mobile
as they earn a chance to compete
tonight.
So what's new Bern representing
the Navy as you're trying to hit
softballs out of the ballpark.
You know this guy's a stud.
Why does he need batting gloves.
I mean these guys are tough.
We have so much respect for our
servicemen and women and they
get to have some fun every now
and then to go.
The relationship with baseball
and the military has been there
forever.
And of course the recent trip to
Fort Bragg and some of the
game's greatest good have played
baseball took years off to serve
this country.
These are the two finalists they
had a tournament amongst the
five branches of the military.
And these are the two that
advanced.
We got a chance to get a minute
try to hit a home run or two or
three.
I don't know about you.
This looks tough to do.
I mean really it's like almost
impossible hit a home run here.
But who knows maybe maybe the
army guys is gonna take care of
one last swing and that will not
go.
So congratulations to Russ
Newberg for advancing to the
finals now.
Army Staff Sergeant Jacob pencil
will try to come up.
He hits one he wins.
Yep he is.
He can hit one wall go off and
be a hero.
You know armies had Navy's
number in football the last few
years as well so this could just
you know keep that train going.
You know the biggest rivalry in
sports and they may not be the
best teams but one of the most
pure rivalries in all sports is
Army Navy.
My dad with the Naval Academy.
I'm proud of him.
And I think these guys are
everything what's right with
sports right now.
Jacob just wanted army continues
to win Ravi.
He loves hadn't stopped him.
He can only hope to contain him.
Sean Doolittle of the Nationals
comes out to present the award
for Jacob Hensel.
Crowd especially those who are
representing the Army love what
he just did.
If he wins the military version
of our home run derby
congratulations Jacob back to
our survey in a second.
Baseball's biggest stars are in
Washington D.C. of course and
they're all here watching this
one.
Eighty nine major league
baseball All-Star Game presented
by MasterCard tomorrow on Fox
coverage starts at seven thirty
p.m. Eastern Time.
Who your order of Indiana
University Kyle Schwartz to an
impressive first round.
He is one of the final four in
this 2018 T-Mobile home run
derby.
Reese Hoskins 17 short was 16
months he hit 17.
Harper needed 13 to advance so
we are down to our Final Four
three of whom are lefty lefties
who have all of this although
the last five have actually been
right handed hitters lefties
have won way more of the dirt.
Well the lefties tonight were
hitting a lot of home runs and
Bryce Harper again some of those
balls that he squared up I mean
he hit six home runs over four
hundred and forty feet and he
only had to hit 13 home runs
right.
So so maybe the lack of swinging
in the first round even helps
them a little bit more for round
number two.
But I do get the impression he's
going down and he's going to
take some rips in the cage
downstairs.
He'll probably take one hundred
and fifty swings between now and
when he's up against second
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So who's that guy anyway.
You know who that is Phil
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Nice guy.
That is Bill Nye the Science
Guy.
We'll get Eduardo locked into
what Bill Nye is saying.
You can see thumbs up and you
can see that on ESPN News we
continue here now with our
semifinal four to go.
Reese Hoskins will lead things
off and we saw Riskin to a
really nice groove in that first
round after a few swings no
sitting on the sidelines for
about 45 minutes.
You know is it going to take him
a little while to get back into
this thing.
And I wonder too when you put
the 17 up and round 1.
Is that your now internal.
No we're not gonna get to that
again and if I if I come up
short that I'm disappointed in
my performance I need to go over
it like.
What do you think is relevant to
the 70.
You know I think everyone
understands that you know guys
are gonna tire out they're not
going to hit as many home runs
in the round two in the last
round.
So just keep hitting homers
don't worry about how many don't
have em have a number in your
head for internal clock.
And right now Hoskins is having
no trouble at all.
He's getting into that groove
again and he's already hit two
over four hundred forty feet
that's gonna get out of the park
as well for Reece Hoskins
Schwarzer.
He's waiting and oh all of these
Hoskins still left and that one
is not going to get out.
So Reese is sitting there to 38
and only five shorebirds
underneath not watching at all.
There's probably TV and he's by
watching a little bit.
Yeah he he knows that the
crowd's going wild a little bit
from those big home runs early.
You know Kyle I think is a guy
that he if he has to hit 15 he
can hit 15 to 20.
He can hit 20.
He's just trying to get locked
in himself.
Hoskins going deep deep to left
field.
He too raised by a dad who is a
lifelong Willie Mays fan.
His mom passed away when he was
only 16 from breast cancer.
So he's a civil rights attorney
helped raise Reece to become the
man the baseball player he is.
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Guys I talked to Rhys Hoskins
after his first round and asked
me.
MAN You look tired after the
first session before you call
timeout he said Oh my God I
could not believe how tired I
was.
He got settled in after that
time out and got in that rhythm
you're talking about.
Yeah.
And this guy guy's six for two
hundred twenty five pounds is
only twenty five years old so
it's not like he's going to have
to use every single ounce of his
energy every single swing.
But again the longer you go to
this the more tired you get that
back it's a little bit heavier.
But a couple of home runs back
to back and kind of give you a
little adrenaline boost and he's
now starting to hit the ball
really hard and really far.
That one's out there goes
another moon shot to left.
Maybe the longest he's hit in
this round.
This is really impressive.
I mean we all knew Reece Hoskins
was a stud but putting up these
kind of homerun totals you know
as a guy who everyone people
want talk about Reese Hoskins
coming into there was all about
Bryce Harper and Harvey Baez and
maybe Kyle Schwarzer Hastings
Aguilar.
He was the eighth seed he beat
the number one seed and now he's
trying to get on to the finals.
He's got another big total
brewing here.
Short verse guards to make his
way back towards the field 13
with a minute to go.
Good thing you gain when you
play for the Philadelphia
Phillies at the start that he
did.
You know he came into this event
and said look the more exposure
we get as a team and everybody
sees the Phillies uniform right
now and that he gets as an
individual organizationally This
is a huge deal for the film.
Yeah it's a great way to look at
it.
It wasn't that long ago that the
Phillies were the class of the
National League back to back and
World Series in 0 8 and 0 9.
They had some great players run
through there.
This is the new group of
Phillies that are going to win a
World Series hopefully for
Philadelphia.
Reese Hoskins is right in the
middle I'm right in the middle
of it and now he's sort of right
on top of it.
Reese Hoskins has hit his 17th
homerun.
There goes 18.
Reese Hoskins is past his first
round total and that's what's so
impressive.
He's done better than his first
round and have 30 seconds with
the bonus a lot of talk around
baseball about where Manny
Machado wins him a title and his
agent are keeping an eye on what
the Phillies Reese Hoskins is
doing just blasted another.
He's got 30 more seconds.
Washington not far from Philly.
He's a fan.
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She knows best Aaron Nola who of
course is the Philadelphia
Phillies pitching representative
here and won a first half of the
season.
Aaron Nola had Aaron Nola people
thinking about Steve Carlton
with his terrific start.
Think about the way they're
building things in Philadelphia.
The money that that organization
is going to have and some of the
young players on that team
college swimmers get hit at
least 19.
There's that TV.
You're right.
TV down there for those guys.
It's 2018 there's TVs
everywhere.
Your phone is a TV is more on
it.
That's fair.
And I want all of the young kids
out there.
If you're a big right handed
hitter look at Reese Hoskins
right now.
It's a simple swing.
He gets his hands ready early
he's got a little leg kick he
doesn't have to move all over
the place.
Use your leverage to your
advantage.
Repeat that swing and good
things are gonna happen.
Bonus round time ticks down 10
seconds to go see if we can get
our first 20 20 round.
This will be the last one
that'll count 20 home runs and
the last one flies a long way.
Wait around for Reece Hoskins
the Philadelphia Phillies.
Well he don't know.
Now you know swarms.
What do you got for us.
That's 20 and phone calls.
I'm looking at Reece Hoskins
doing this.
Yeah.
He was locked in.
You know in his first round he
was even more locked in in this
round again.
It's almost like he got some
butterflies out of the way or
maybe he got some of the bad
swings out of the way in the
first round.
Because when you can hit 20 and
you hit one like this Four
hundred and sixty six feet that
is no joke.
Reece Hoskins should be really
proud of this round straight
chart and the longest at sixty
466 the longest in round one was
for sixty three So in two rounds
he said thirty seven home runs
thirty seven more than Freddie
Freeman has hit in the last
three years apparently batting
practice highest exit velocity
was 110 miles an hour.
Good job Reece Hoskins and the
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You know it kind of feels like
it Hoskins case and in others
that that first 30 seconds
you're kind of funding your sea
legs and then all of a sudden
kind of clicks and you breathe a
little bit yeah.
And I think the reason is is
that we are so used to hitting
BP with a cage around us and you
know a couple thousand people
maybe it stands.
This is something totally
different.
You're taking batting practice
without a cage.
You have all these people around
you.
And I think it takes those 30
seconds to just get into your
groove.
Well when you have a number like
20 that you shoot before and the
first two don't get out I would
imagine right away you're
feeling a little pressure.
I got to get 20 very difficult.
I mean you feel really good
about your first round if your
couch whatever you hit 16 yet
the longest at four hundred and
fifty feet but knowing that
you've got to get to 20.
That could be some heavy
lifting.
Three minutes 30 seconds to go
on the four minute round and
Kyle Shorter has got one and
this one is headed to right
center but it's not enough to
get out of the ballpark.
Byers lost Sauber the other
teammate the other coach in it
and he still has just warned
Bryce Harper down underneath not
taking swings and it looks like
Stormers again like you say Karl
is just having trouble getting
into a groove that one might get
him there because that is a
prototypical high back spun
homerun run two in a row now
he's in a groove but it took him
about a minute to find that
groove but he is in a groove and
all of a sudden we're starting
to inch our way up first quarter
and sometimes you know when I
was playing I'd take a BP where
I didn't hit one home run I have
no idea why not and the next day
I hit every single ball out
batting practice some days you
have it some days you don't you
just gotta get into that rhythm
and I think Kyle's getting there
right now take a look at that
upper part of your screen the
pace sitting here on a sixteen
pace right now to thirty to go
and it's going the wrong way now
pacing it.
Fifteen former catcher turned
outfielder who told me.
That's huge.
Couple days ago he still misses
the idea of being a catcher but
he also misses the idea of
playing football.
He had a lot of big ten schools
looking at him to be a
linebacker.
Yeah and he's he's a really good
left fielder.
I mean this is a guy we were
wondering.
Could he handle left field than
grass actually racing's as a top
left fielder in terms of
defensive run safe and ultimate
zone rating and whether you
believe in those defensive stats
or not.
It still says a lot about a guy
that you know wasn't expected to
be much in the outfit all of a
sudden tax.
This is getting interesting.
He's sitting there now in double
digits and he's got a groove
going right now.
Kyle shorter to 11 home runs.
And he'd like to get one more
before 40.
He's on pace to hit 18 or 19
right now get into a little bit
of a rhythm.
And as we saw in the first round
he's getting that ball up he's
got a chance Schwartz calls
timeout needs eight to tie.
Ninety two seconds left on this
way.
Megalodon we may 13 experience
at an IMAX August 10th to Kyl's
Senate Colo.
Who's a former college player
entering college Pete Rose this
former batting practice in the
offseason and they joked about
hey maybe we could do the Home
Run Derby together.
Schwab texted him last week and
said you're ready to go.
Cynic Hall has been grinding
away practicing for this event.
He's a real estate broker.
The last three years haven't
sold a lot.
But he's got Sauber in a good
position here.
Just took a time out.
That's a line shot who doesn't
get over the wall.
What kind of commission is he
getting.
Whoever wins is what he really
needs is to get that long one
and get that bonus and that one
goes forward he's gonna have to
get that extra 30 if he wants to
carry on that one may do it at
once headed for the second deck
gets there.
I'm not sure if he's hit 20 but
he's so much fun to watch hit
the home run derby was built for
Kyle Schwartz is a guy that you
know it's like if you could do
10 of them a year you would want
him in all 10 of them because
he's so much fun to watch in
this day.
Four hundred and forty six feet
for Kyle Schwarzer.
He's got the bonus and that is
mandatory.
That one goes.
He's got that extra 30 so he's
pretty good here with 40 seconds
to go.
There's another one.
Pace trackers got him pacing at
20.
He's good cause that's a bomb
but foul 17 he still has those
extra 30 he's going to come down
to the wire right here.
And the crowd is really getting
into these Nats fans are loving
come Sauber right now.
That is center field second deck
and he knows he has the 30
second bonus so he's didn't take
his time here trying to hit I
don't know if you heard it.
But before Schwarzer went to the
plate Reese Hoskins yelled Let's
go swarms let's do it.
Well I think Reese Hoskins put
on an absolute show 20 home run
scoring twenty one.
But again these guys can hit the
ball over the ballpark.
Kyle Schwarzer in the first
round hit for over four hundred
forty feet and this swing took
the ball.
Four hundred and sixty two feet
and he had plenty of them.
Oh look at that one in the back
flip.
He's with Buster before that
run.
You said to Reese Hopkins let's
make this fun.
How much won was that a lot of
fun.
I got to Reese this year and
he's great to a lot of power a
lot of young rising star in this
game.
And it was fun to do that with
him.
He put on show and got put on
show with him fun.
Now you started slowly in that
round.
Tell me what your thought
process was as a come on you got
to get it going.
We got to get it going.
But eventually they started
rolling off time and start
slowing it down.
Kyle thanks.
Back to you.
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Three of the first five playoff
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Pretty good show so far and now
you've got max Muncy of the
Dodgers who will do battle with
Bryce Harper of the Nationals.
Harper takes his swings doesn't
pay much attention to what Max
is doing now he steps out of the
cage and the fans were behind
Muncie in that first round.
Not anymore.
They're getting excited.
Not anymore.
They'd like to see him at zero
and just let Bryce go right on
to the finals.
But I've got a feeling month
he's going to put on another
show six feet two hundred five
pounds the fifth round pick of
the Oakland A's out of Baylor
University a Baylor Bear he's 27
years old.
We've seen a lot of Dodgers
seventh time in eight seasons
and we have a Dodger in a derby
Jack Peterson hit thirty nine
homers back in 2015 well the
Dodgers just cranked out a home
run hitter and a home for L.A.
This is their new toy right.
This is the new guy that comes
up comes out of nowhere and just
becomes an all star stud and
again he's not just a home run
hitter you look at him He's
stocky he's strong but the guy's
got over a thousand they're not
unheard of especially guys
started the year in the minor
leagues.
Babe Ruth's best season.
He hit a homerun every night at
bats.
That was 1927.
Hank Aaron's best season hit a
home run every 11 plus at bats
right now.
Last month was like hitting a
homerun every 10 at bats and
that's the type of company he
kept in the first half.
And I love watching him swing at
low pitches because his back
knee almost gets on the ground
and great hitters do that.
They they go up and down with
the pitch if the pitches high
they stay tall the pitch is low
they see their legs into the
pitch so they ought to adjust
their swing they just adjust
their legs.
Cleveland originally took on the
Indians with a 40 ninth round
pick on high scores.
He said I'm going to go to
college and there he broke at
Baylor the freshman record for
homers eleven RBI is fifty three
that was back in two thousand
and ten Max he's got a few
things working against him right
now he's on pace for 15 which
may not be enough for Bryce but
even more he doesn't have any
homers over four hundred forty
feet did hit any homers over 440
in the first round.
He might be at a disadvantage if
you give Bryce an extra 30
seconds if Harper even needs it.
Harper nervous.
He's got about 50 thousand
things working against him.
They're all in the stands and
you can tell Harper's watching
that inside as soon as we put
him on TV made the funny thing.
Crops that went up this time
out.
Seven home runs for Max Muncie.
The Dodgers buck fifty three
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No Dodger player has ever won
the Derby.
He wants to make it past the
first round with Bellinger who
lost in the semi's last year to
that judge guy.
Here's Bryce Harper.
And of course the last post team
winner we all were there to see
Todd Frazier win it when he was
in Cincinnati and what a show
that was.
What a finish to the derby.
You saw it back in 2015.
Fans might notice Max on Monday
he's back.
It's not he doesn't put his
first name on the bat.
That's a bad company.
So everyone out there that says
wow he's pretty cool he put his
name on his back.
Now there's there's a company
called Max back.
They make some pretty good wood
as you can tell.
He rides that one out too right.
When you played in the Derby you
had a whole different format.
You like this format would you
prefer this.
I would've preferred to because
I only hit two home run know
back in the old days you got 10
outs right.
So if it took you five or six
swings to get in your groove you
only had four left.
I hit two home runs I didn't get
shut out but I think this would
be a better format for me
because I was a big guy I got
under the ball I would have
never won a home run derby I
wasn't that kind of batting
practice hitter but it would've
been nice to get into a little
bit of a groove and be able to
hit a few more out and that one
sneaks out.
So Max Munson is total now in
the double digits with a minute
to go.
He's pacing at around 14.
There goes another one.
You know we were talking about
earlier you said if you were
raising a boy to be a baseball
player you'd raised him your
right hand hitter because the
shifts in the disadvantaged.
But if you want to win a derby
right now you may want to be a
left handed hitter.
I know it just seems like
lefties have the advantage in
this format.
I don't know why but every year
you're the last the last few
years it's been right.
But when I was growing up
predominantly Junior and
watching Barry Bonds do their
thing it's like Lefty's
dominated this thing that no
one's playing to shift out there
right now you just try to hit it
over top Griffey the only three
time winner of the home run
derby.
And watching Prince Fielder do
his thing twice.
I mean that was so much fun.
Loud Max is on pace for 13 right
now.
I'm not saying Bryce Harper is
licking his chops but he's got
to feel pretty good about where
he's going to stand going into
his round.
Max looked up at the clock.
He knows how much time he's got
left.
That one's going to come up shy
of the wall so this should be
the last one and he pops that
one up just looks like you ran
out of gas when that first round
was so impressive hit and 17
Max.
Nothing to be ashamed of.
Harper still got a hit a few
home runs here.
Eighty six career home runs at
Nationals Park Harper is set to
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Harper down in the cage and he
said first off his first swing
is that last round that first
round was the best one he's had
all season.
He hit it the opposite feeling
said that set the tone.
Then he said you know what.
The last home run derby I was in
I was in Mets stadium and
everyone booed me.
I had a moment out of timeout
where everyone cheered and I was
like This is really really cool
or patriotic tonight.
Harper with his red white and
blue headband he's got the
sleeves look at his back.
He's going to bat for the
All-Star game tomorrow night he
will unveil his first swing
tonight in this round does not
go out of the ballpark neither
as a second as his dad continues
to throw.
And actually I don't mind seeing
some ground balls early because
again he doesn't want to be
popping balls when he squares it
up it's going to go a long way.
He's actually one of those guys
that doesn't need to get
underneath the ball.
Look up the that's only one home
here.
Thirty seconds.
He needs twelve to Max Muncy got
good on that one and that's
going into the seats and right.
And it took him 40 seconds to
get that timing down.
But these last two swings were a
lot better second deck.
Harper too much topspin on that
one.
So he sits with three and three
minutes to go lost in the finals
in 13 he made it to the finals
and lost assessments.
Yeah I'm not sure what's going
on right now but he just seems a
little bit off.
I mean he had such a great
groove hitting balls four
hundred and sixty plus feet in
that first round just a little
bit off right now.
The crowd now the crowd's
getting into it.
He wants to get a little
adrenaline maybe take a time out
here soon regroup a little bit.
That one's going to go for a
third of the way there for
Harper to twenty eight on the
clock.
Dad's pitching the ball a little
bit.
If you watch a little outside
right now and Bryce is
definitely taken the approach
I'm going to pull these balls
even though are opposite foot
field home run in the first
round is a great swing.
Bryce wants to pull the ball.
That's why he's hitting these
last few home runs.
He was under that pace and now
upper part of that screen.
He's back pace and now he's over
the pace is more than halfway
there.
He's got his bonus that one the
center fielder.
He may say that was his best
swing of this round so far.
And here he comes now.
He's in a rhythm and baseball.
You can't see a guy turn it on a
dime get a few good swings and
he does hit seven home runs in a
minute.
Another one goes I don't think
unless he decides he wants to
he's going to take a time out
play that one foul and he says
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Let's take a breath.
He heard you call.
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over to Bryce Oh hey dude stop
messing around.
Let's just let's just get this
thing done pretty quickly here
and move on to the final stop
messing around.
He's going to have over a minute
on the clock he checks out and
he's gone.
Bryce Harper does it.
And the and that's how much
talent this guy has.
He went a minute and a half.
He only hit a couple home runs.
And then just turned it on again
when he's hot.
There's nobody better in
baseball.
He showed a little bit of flair
there playing to the crowd.
This crowd is still here.
Not one person has left this
building.
Still a ton of energy here.
Love to see it.
It keeps him in the building for
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For years he has said I will do
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He kind of erased the homerun
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need to hit 37.
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But we started with eight.
We are down to our final two.
Aguilar Hoskins Bregman Muncy
Baez Freeman all gone.
As we take a look at state gas
powered by a W S back here at
Nationals Park it is that guy
Kyle Schaub of the Chicago Cubs.
Thirty seven total homers his
longest traveled four hundred
and fifty four feet.
This is the final round with
Sauber and the hometown guy
Bryce Harper.
What a night for Harper.
A chance to establish and
re-establish himself as the man
in Washington when it comes to
baseball.
He knows when that camera's on
him.
He's been animated all night
long and he's gonna hit second
here in the final round and he's
toast.
He's gotten the best hair in the
Derby no doubt.
It's not close.
Here's Schwarzer.
He comes into the event with 18
homers on the season hits one
every fourteen point seven at
bats and that's two right.
And it's gonna come up a little
short.
Has had one of those roller
coaster careers you could ever
imagine 2015 comes up hits
sixteen home runs in his first
69 games hits five and a huge
postseason in the next year 2016
tears up his left knee in the
second game of the year but
comes back in the world series.
You know I love Willis Reid just
unbelievable getting just home
runs base hits pinch hits D a
spot.
I mean this guy was unreal in
that World Series 2017 sent to
Triple-A for two weeks but he's
still at 30 home runs and now
he's having a strong first half.
This guy does it all remember
his work ethic and he went down
in flames that he was hitting
two hundred different breaking
balls every time he got on a
field just to get back for the
Cubs.
He then got back his work ethic
coming from the Midwest and then
going to Indiana University a
football player by trade then a
catcher.
When he was eight or nine years
old he was a catcher his
grandmother said I want you to
be like Johnny Bench and
Schwarzer said Who's Johnny
Bench.
Grandma said he's the greatest
catcher to ever play the game.
The lesson on bench.
You got two timeouts in the
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advanced to the finals.
Former Texas first time out.
He's got five.
He's already got his bonus so
he's got an extra 30 seconds
that he can tack on this.
Right now he's on pace for 19.
It's going to take 19 20 maybe
even more because Bryce Harper
just looks completely locked in.
And I think Sauber understands
that you know in the early
rounds you don't know how many
it's going to take but he knows
he's up against Bryce Harper in
his home ballpark.
But now it's going to take a lot
of home run.
He's hitting a lot every time
his bad touches the ball.
It's flying out of the yard.
That one just a bit short but
he's in a bit of a groove that
one's popped up to all of a
sudden I flies.
And we talked about Reese
Hoskins swing is that kind of
classic right hand in the home
run swing from a lefty I'm a big
lefty right now in high school
was Kyle Schwarzer.
I mean maybe a little bit more
movement that you would want to
teach but everything is so
connected.
You talk to a really good
hitting coaches about staying
connected making sure things
aren't flying over the place a
really sound swing.
And he says time takes a second.
We will take a timeout.
Schwarzer still a minute forty
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there amongst the many great
things Kyle does off the field
is involved with the
neighborhood Heroes program with
Shauna's first responders his
dad was a police officer that
also honors veterans
firefighters.
Mom was a police dispatcher his
sister served in the Army
National Guard went to Bahrain
now a police officer in Ohio.
So Kyle Stauber very committed
on and off the field and sits
here with nine homers submitted
36 to go and then a 30 second
bonus and you don't hear it as
much anymore but I don't want
anyone to say that baseball
players aren't in great shape.
These guys have been swinging
the bat for hours now.
They got to the ball park by 2
o'clock today then stretch and
warm it up taking batting
practice doing all the
autographs three rounds.
Now this home run derby hitting
the cage in between to make sure
you stay loose.
These guys are in incredible
shape right now and tell telling
you probably couldn't have said
maybe 50 70 years ago with some
of those guys.
Well here in Washington they had
one of the great home run
hitters of his generation.
Frank the monument.
Howard who of course was an
All-Star for a handful of
consecutive years played in the
final season in March in
Washington 1969.
That's a huge foul ball homerun.
These are as easy bombs too.
I mean he's hit for over four
hundred and forty in this round
alone that one's probably number
five.
It doesn't even look like he's
swinging hard.
Tax he's got a 30 to go and then
he's got 30 more he's got to get
over 20.
This is impressive.
And Bryce Harper is going to
need every single one of those
fans behind him in this last
round because it looks like
Schwarzer is going to have a
nice total here after the bonus.
He's going to get center field
for smaller not gone not gone on
that one.
Eight seconds to go he'd love to
get one more then get that 30
and that one's going to go right
field and Harper 10 and he's
another guy he's kept it simple
hitting home runs to straight
away right field not trying to
go to center left center 17 for
this Chicago club Kyle shorter
30 seconds still to go on the
block don't stop a little baby
don't these down I've got to
move.
Don't take away that's me.
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Now do you hear what I say Oh
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A couple of years ago we had
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in the first round Kyle in the
Finals he's got 17 Harper's
waiting that's a sky high moon
shot to right center and it's
going to stay in the park.
And if you're wondering why
these guys are taken so long
remember you have to wait till
the ball hits the ground before
you can throw the next pitch
there goes number 18.
So you didn't get the 20.
I think that's the magic number
because does get to 20.
Harper is going to have a leg up
here last one and it's gonna end
at 18.
He claps for himself.
He should.
What a night for Kyle Schwarzer
of the Chicago Cubs.
Are by is the first to greet him
out there.
He's advanced to the finals and
now it's going to be up to Bryce
Harper.
He looks like Rocky after 15
rounds with Apollo Creed.
I'm not sure if it was one or
two but man both of both of
these guys have put on an
absolute display tonight and
Harper has got one more chance
to finish him off.
No Moss no rematch.
Take a look at the spray chart
and the swing of Kyle Shorter
and his longest home run in this
round was four hundred and fifty
three feet.
He hit a ball a hundred and
eleven miles an hour.
That's a crazy exit belongs in
the final round.
Meaning your championship round
is going to be toast.
He's not proud came to see that
guy win a home run derby.
If he can do it tonight the
place will be electric.
Bryce Harper.
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but it's already far away from
my current location and most
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How far did that ball drop how
far to the travel four hundred
and sixty seven feet.
That's the longest home run
Bryce Harper hit and Bryce is
trying to do something that only
Ryan Samberg in 1990 and Todd
Frazier back in 2015 have done.
That's when it hit home.
That will stop gas powered by a
w s they were playing journey
during the timeout through the
stadium.
Harper was mouthing the words
and you know what I love.
He's having fun.
I mean baseball is supposed to
be fun.
This has been a tough first half
of the year for Bryce
personally.
Tough for the team the Nationals
are not where they want to be in
the standings but he is having a
blast tonight.
And I think that's great for
Nationals fans because a happy a
Bryce Harper that's having fun
means that he's going to go out
in the second half and do some
damage and they really need him
to be great if they're going to
make up ground in the NLD.
Still waiting for his first year
in this round looks like that's
going to be it.
And 30 seconds in.
He is off the zero and now he
quickly has two on the board as
that one heads to right and
comes up just shy.
This one carries that last one
he got off the end a little bit
but the way the ball's coming
off his back it's just
different.
It looks like the ball is going
to be a homerun and we've seen
some great home run hitters
tonight.
But tonight when Bryce hits the
ball it just looks different off
his back.
Hi.
Hi flight or right.
That goes second dad.
There's another one that's to
the deepest part of the ballpark
at four hundred and two feet.
It won't get out.
This is a booking ball down the
line.
Good.
Our first got for he'll win this
thing if he stays on top of the
ball.
It's the times and he's pops it
up where he gets in trouble he
gets into a little bit of a bad
rhythm popping the ball up too
much.
Take a look at that pace tracker
and he is well behind Kyle
Schwarzer right now.
And he calls timeout with two
thirty eight.
Not the start that Harper wanted
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Buddy Wilson Ramos has come out
there and the crowd desperately
wants to see Harper explode
here.
We've got some drama to 38 to
go.
He is 14 home runs shy.
He hasn't yet hit one four
hundred and forty feet and I got
a feeling he will.
And the crowd again.
This crowd is so loud so and
everyone is on their feet too.
No one's sitting down in this
ballpark right now.
You saw me at 7 in about a
minute in his last round.
He's gonna get on one of those
rolls and he's gonna do it
quickly.
His dad continues to throw that
one a little inside another one
he pulls inside.
Exactly I think.
I think his dad looks like he's
getting maybe a little bit tired
the fans are getting on him
they're not getting on Bryce.
There goes a couple that might
be his first that goes for 40
this round there goes either one
and here's that one.
And those are both over 440 he's
got to get his extra 30 seconds
which he'll need his longest
home run is for 73 which he just
hit and this one is gonna pair.
He did he got the ball he's got
nine he's halfway there and he
has an extra 30 seconds to play
with at the end of it that's a
swing you don't mind in a game
but you don't want him the Home
Run Derby.
No he still has another timeout
he can use he is just below the
pace set by Swarmer.
This is a shot that doesn't
clear the wall.
Not one should and he calls time
out as he watches it.
No just off the top of the wall
and he sits there with nine home
runs in a minute twenty left on
the clock.
Max Scherzer the first hour in
Grace might be getting a little
tired his pops might be getting
a little tired.
There's a lot of adrenaline
running through.
He's going to dig deep right
now.
Couch Schwarzer sitting over
there.
He had 18 and we thought he was
going to need 20.
Now we're talking about Bryce
Harper need to get 18 he's
earned the 30.
I think that's what he's asking
about when you think about the
flair for the dramatic and he's
going to need it tonight with
his crowd.
He's got five career walk off
homers two of them last season.
A win here would be a walk off
and a home run derby and the
crowd is behind him.
I think this is how you want a
scripted.
If you're a Nationals fan here
even watching this kid play
since 2012 he's only twenty five
years old but never played in
the world series.
This might be the most the fans
have been behind him at a
Nationals game in his entire
career minute 10 and three
pitches that he can't swing at
and if he doesn't get to 18 or
go over 18 people are going to
get beat all over his possibly
just unfair.
It's tough to throw strikes
consistently out here I don't
care who you are.
There goes another So Harper now
double digits forty five to go
with 30 extra seconds pitch
inside his dad has pulled a few
it seems like if he gets the
ball near the zone it's a home
run so he's got to get him close
he's in another groove here with
12 and 13 here goes 14.
Here comes Bryce Harper this is
gonna be interesting.
It's just gonna be over soon.
Oh my goodness that one's popped
up.
Remember there are still 30
seconds of bonus time that one
could pull.
That was a huge round for Harper
after the time out.
If there is any question how
Bryce Harper would handle this
stage would he enjoy himself.
Would it be too much pressure.
I think he's answering it right
now.
He's got 30 seconds to hit one
and Schroeder knows that he has
the question is how big of a bat
flip will there be when he hits
that one.
Because in this format you know
when you've got it.
It's not like they're hitting
wall scrapers.
He's a hit one about four
hundred and sixty feet.
Let's see how far he flips it.
And for all the I want to have
fun and he has done that.
He wanted to win this thing
badly.
He's been looking forward to it
since he knew the game was at
Nationals Park one homerun to
become a Home Run Derby champion
in 18 that's high.
That's not going to do it great.
Congratulations.
Everything.
Now.
What a great moment for Harper
you sighs Dad Ron David Martinez
was out there and now he's gonna
be full on Boston got more
people to congratulate Wilson
Ramos of course he kept saying
this guy this guy this guy who
is dad and he handed him the
trophy I was the one that wanted
and won a terrific rally from
Bryce Harper here late for a
while it felt like it wasn't
gonna happen for him but there's
your ultimate two handed
backflip.
I've never seen the two handed
bachelor but we might have just
started a new trend in Major
League Baseball Brian Sandburg
Todd Frazier Bryce Harper all
you can do is plant what a show
Swarmer and Harper put on here's
monster price for starting over.
Tell me about what happened in
that last minute you're running
out of time.
What was the emotion going
through your brain.
A better figure it out.
I'm going to lose.
So I just try to hit the ball
over the fence and I did that
was nice.
Only the third player to win in
front of your home crowd.
How much would that mean.
Unbelievable.
A frickin love this crowd every
single night they come out
support us.
Asked who is Baby.
Let's go.
Nice job.
What was it like to have your
dad here.
My part man.
He does.
I mean he does wonders for me
this man is you.
I love this man.
He's he's my hero.
So be able to do that with him
tonight.
That's a dream come true right
there and I'm very blessed and
humbled to have this man as my
my father.
What was going through your mind
in that last minute run.
I was thinking the same thing as
him.
Let's pick it up or we're going
to lose I don't want to lose
where I lost one wouldn't want
to be the you know second play
second fiddle to anybody.
So it's all good man going into
that last run.
You saw Webber put up 18.
What do you think was a big
number for you.
Yeah I thought he was going to
hit 20 to 25.
You know I thought he did a
great job coming out home his
last couple of swings were
unbelievable.
But you know I knew had probably
hit 20 or 25 to win that thing
and I was lucky enough to do it.
Bryce Braun congratulations.
Thanks Paul.
Back to you Mark.
You could have asked for a
better night for the hometown
fans that came out here and sold
the place out or for Bryce
Harper.
Hey.
Two hundred and twenty one home
runs tonight the most homerun
total in any dirty.
And because of that and the fans
posting at home with hashtag
hats off for heroes.
T-Mobile will be donating over
one million dollars to support
our veterans through Team
Rubicon.
A great part of the story
tonight.
Karl this was so much fun.
I mean the crowd was into it
from day one or from from minute
one of this derby and watching
Bryce Harper get through each
one of those rounds each round
was more exciting than the next
that was the cool thing about
this when sometimes these home
run derbies end in a dud because
it's a blowout in the last
round.
Not at all.
Bryce Harper needed every single
home run.
It was impressive father son
combination pays off in 2018.
Here in Washington.
Congratulations to Bryce Harper
for Jess Mendoza Buster only
mark to share him and the entire
crew here.
I'm Carl Ravitch.
Thanks so much for joining us on
this special night.
Once again congrats to Bryce
Harper the all star of legends
and celebrity softball game is
next.
What a night.
