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Cespedes Wins The 2014 MLB HR Derby With An Awesome Power Display: Stop Complaining About The Contest Experts!

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I have had enough with the experts flogging on the HR Derby last night.

Yes, it took long, but not as long as last year. I believe the actual event was under 3 hours. What every one was feeling had a lot to do with the hour plus rain delay.

I loved the new format of 7 outs, and AL vs NL. If there is anything I think the MLB could do away with – is having 5 players in each league participant.

I firmly believe that Jose Bautista and Giancarlo Stanton suffered because of an inactive round caused by them both winning a bye. Read the rest of this entry →

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Odds To Win The 2014 Home Run Derby + ALL – Time Derby Winners + Cespedes Wins 2014 Title

Jul 14

Posted by Jonathan Hacohen

Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer): Follow @stokes_hunter21

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I said yesterday that I believed Todd Frazier would be an underdog darkhorse to win the HR derby at Target Field.

Little did I know he is tied for the 8th favorite out of 10 hitters.

The ALL – Star longball competition has changed formats. There are 3 players from the AL and NL that survive the 1st RD (7 outs each hitter).

The top players in each league (during the 1st round) win a bye into the semi-final round automatically, while the 2nd and 3rd seeds in each league square off in the 2nd round in a matchup each.

Once the winners are established in that round (7 Outs), the remaining 4 contestants will be duking it out in their respective leagues to find who owns the National League and American league big fly bragging rights.

It is all players within their own league until the final.

The winners of the AL/NL will face off for the championship. Again, all rounds contain 7 outs. Maybe this will ease some of the time constraints. Read the rest of this entry →

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Tags: 2014 MLB HR Derby, adam jones, albert belle, American league, andre dawson, Angels Stadium, barry bonds, Bobby Abreu, busch stadium, cal ripken jr, Camden Yards, chase field, citi field, comerica park, Coors Field, darryl strawberry, dave parker, eric davis, fenway park, giancarlo stanton, jack murphy stadium, Jacobs Field, jason giambi, Joey Gallo, jose bautista, josh donaldson, juan gonzalez, justin morneau, kauffman stadium, luis gonzalez, mark mcgwire, Miguel Tejada, miller park, minnesota twins, minute maid park, national league, odds to win the 2014 Home Run Derby, pnc park, prince fielder, ruben sierra, ryan howard, safeco field, sammy sosa, target field, the Astrodome, the ballpark in arlington, the metrodome, the skydome, three rivers stadium, tino martinez, todd frazier, troy tulowitzki, turner field, veterans stadium, vlad guerrero, wally joyner, wrigley field, yasiel puig, yoenis cespedes

What is ‘My Favorite Baseball Game’ Ever Attended?: A New Method To Historically Score As A Ballpark Fan

Jul 7

Posted by Jonathan Hacohen

By Josh Robbins (Special Guest Writer And Co – Creator for The Factor12 Rating Pitching Metric.)

The Factor 12 (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers on 60ft6in.com.

“Bill James has a pitcher stat called game score. So, I renamed my stat, “My Favorite Game.”

What is My Favorite Game?

Baseball fans often rekindle memories of their favorite games using anecdotal stories. The accounts are often muddled by faint and inaccurate details lost over time.

My Favorite Game is intended to provide an unbiased statistical analysis using a points-based system to properly assign a value to every MLB game attended.

Here’s the breakdown of each event: Read the rest of this entry →