Grade the new HR format..

[57stratdawg]

I'm going B+. Been pretty fun to watch.

 

[engie]

Like it -- 4 minutes 3 times is too many overall hacks IMO...

 

[57stratdawg]

Yeah. Pedersen is 22 or 23 and looks gassed. Seems like a big advantage to be the winner of the first semifinals. I could dig a 2 minute final next year or with a bonus ball or something the last 30 seconds.

 

[engie]

Kinda taking it back -- that finish was awesome....

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Much much much better. After watching it the only suggestion I would make is to consider starting with a shorter round then extending them as you go forward. Three minutes in the first round, four in the second round, five minutes in the finals.

 

[PineGroveBully]

A 100% win

This may be slightly hyperbole but probably the most exciting baseball I've seen since the 2011 World Series.

 

[jakldawg]

I heard that some (or maybe it was all?) of the rounds were supposed to be 5 minutes, but since the weather up here was horrible in the afternoon (trees down, power still out), and then was supposed to get bad again about 11, they shortened it up to squeeze it in.
Found it: MLB will shorten the Home Run Derby because of the weather.
So was an afternoon (and possibility of next morning) without power worth less Berman on my TV? Damn right it was.
Watching buzzer-beater home runs was pretty cool. And it was good to see Reds fans getting something to cheer about since they've been bad this year.