Talk:Home Run Derby

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[edit] Pitchers

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

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

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

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

[edit] Thanks

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

[edit] Television Show

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

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

[edit] Talk: Requested move

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

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

[edit] Logos?

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