About 45 50 000 folks here and many many millions more watching on television and tonight the stars are going to shine on a stage unlike any other in sports and tonight baseballs will take flight an amazing field of eight competing for the 2023 T-Mobile home run Championship
The question is will this ballpark be able to hold them this is the St Louis Cardinals kind of nightmare scenario because of course the rosarina and Garcia will reach part of the Cardinals organization teammates on three minor league teams and they are like brothers literally adolis is the Godfather to
Arose Arena’s daughter once you get the first keep it going another second deck shot now Randy has found his Groove theorosa Raynor with a buck 45. and he’s got his Tampa Bay mates right here in front of us starting to bounce a little bit this projects right now to finish round 25
Because that first round is the most difficult one now the heart rate starts racing a little bit gets rehydrated and I should expect a roll coming soon that’s over 4 40 right there has to be little second win for Randy orozarena there’s a smash nobody performs better
On a bigger stage than Randy rosarina will not get the extra 30 seconds he will get what everyone gets the original 30 seconds granny takes advantage of those last 30 seconds by adding five so he’ll sit at 24. and in the lineup in which you have a whole bunch
Of Boppers in Texas this is the guy that you talked to opposing managers they say I know that Seeger’s back Garcia is the one that scares them the most oh and he’s gonna fall short of Randy orozarena so the five seed will knock out the fourth seed and Randy arose Arena will
Move on to the semifinals and his buddy idolis Garcia will end on 17. he was gassed after that first round how many times do we see that pose from Randy tonight Ali rutchman of the Baltimore Orioles and yes he will have his dad pitching to him tonight obviously you
See the relationship there his dad’s gonna be able to throw to him I mean how much do you just love this all right so rutchman and Dad yeah that is a catcher’s mid he can hold some baseball oh baby Jump City off pitched one badly leads the yard for two to start this
Thing good number here he Still’s got 30. how far is it going blast off to Bellingham boy what a start on the rushman 21. what a picture that is with that and now how about this Doug is switching to about right-handed for the bonus time this is crazy Majestic drive
To left Center into the second deck oh he hit everyone out should have been hit right-handed the whole time what 27 for adley Richmond the catcher for Baltimore I mean he’s a switch hitter he switches for one round and then hits every ball out rexman will now take a seat
And the sellout crowd will welcome Luis Robert again you see the exit velocity is the launch angles look at that one right now 29 degree launch angle that ball is hit par 470 feet now they’re taking off like airplanes here they are going out in a
Hurry he may not even need his bonus it is a show and it’s certainly going to be the end of the night for Anthony rutchman who’s just in shocked like wait a minute one more home run for Larice Robert and he will advance say goodbye to Abby Richmond there it is
There it is Luis Robert into Edgar’s Landing he has won this quarterfinal matchup 28 homers for Robert as he eliminates adley Richmond the only other appearance for Vladimir Guerrero Jr the Home Run Derby he set the single Derby home run record hitting 91 in 2019. great to see John Schneider back his
Manager who still does throw batting practice three on the board for Vlad to start likely number four the two gold stars are lit up and Vlad is now starting to take off some Rockets to Mount Rainier wait a minute halfway up second deck moonshot and they want to know what he should be
Doing right now just secure the ball take it easy you got power baby come on we’re in this bonus round which is a minute and that one is headed deep into the night in left field this is all top half right now and it’s looking pretty for vladi 26 for Vladimir Guerrero Jr
Look one thing that mookie is as a true competitor and he’s not going to do this to embarrass himself and that one looks like it is off to Olympia Washington there’s another shot so mookie goes back to back that’s a big fly there Eduardo yeah that one’s
As far to the center field side as you want mookie to hit it without a timeout 10 seconds left he went through this entire round without a timeout I feel like he can look back at his career and say he did everything in the Home Run Derby is something he hasn’t done so
That’s something he needed to check off oh he’s got a long way to go he could just have fun and Vlad Junior advances 26-11 Guerrero defeats bets so just like that you got a rematch between Pete Alonso who has historically made this as big a deal as anybody and Julio
Rodriguez who like All-Star hosts in the past got a lot of attention on them and the crowd on its feet here at T-Mobile Park McDonald’s pretty good start yeah that’s a real good start and that’s as long as we may have seen here as the second deck gets set this is
Like a driving range right now for Julio Rodriguez Julio in his own yard what a show what a show 25 homers still 37 plus a minute of bonus time the only thing stopping him is the clock right now what a show Julio Rodriguez another one is money
He’s already at 36 Carl he’ll stop at 41. that is the most ever hit in a first round of the Home Run Derby the bar has been set Peter Lonzo listen to the booze here he’s got to get to 41 and he’s got to start quickly and he needs some good
Pitches Aaron Morris is the guy that now gets the job of doing that that’s an absolute moonshot Leo Rodriguez the Pete Alonso Kryptonite looks like he’s gonna send him packing in back to back home run Derbies barring some miracle from Alonso and for the second year in a row
Julio Rodriguez is going to knock Peter Alonso out of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby one thing you can say about Randy wherever he goes is a fan favorite nobody smoked that one that one is headed High into the second deck there goes the line shot there’s a big blast
Randy rosarina steps back in though where the camera is he’s found a little Groove here that’s three in a row for Randy well he’s got his second gold star so he’s got the extra 30. critical that’s a heck of a round with still 60 seconds left but you
Also have gladiol Julio to deal with and to win this thing it has to be over 40 easily final 20 seconds for a rose Arena 34 homers there goes another one heck of a round for Randy posit a Rosa Reyna will he be able to pass those 35
Home runs hit by a rose Arena I say yes he can I think it’s easier to go first you’re not chasing because that’s in the back of your head right right already right how many I need I’m sitting here at six I get the bonus now which is
Great yeah 227 total right now he has to get on a run it just looks totally different than his first round and Randy Rosa rain is feeling real good and it may be Randy’s night the top seed is out the five seed arose Arena headed to the final against either Vladimir Guerrero
Junior or Julio Rodriguez it’s about to get loud here and it’s Julio Rodriguez who has put on a show from the get-go and this combo of Julio Rodriguez and riding mcguero Jr pretty special and there’s Dad he’s ready he’s telling everybody to get up they don’t need to
Be told they’re already up not a huge start for Julio not a huge start for him bought up to that first one that one is towards left Center field and it will carry over and the crowd now Gets behind him he will have 30 seconds to add on to 16.
Oh get in a roll now it’s a little too late interesting Julio Rodriguez off of her remarkable first round and we’ll only have to wait to see if it’s enough to get to the final glad he feels pretty comfortable right now with 20. just watch Louie Rodriguez he
Said you know what we got a chance boy those are just line shots crawling over that wall that one’s a little further back there goes another one towards deck number two he’s got the bonus already he’s Midway there he’s got 242 to get there he is Toasty right now
Got into that one though one more one more the first two haven’t gone Don’t Panic here it comes oh he’s done exit stage right final is set it’s Vlad Guerrero Jr who just knocks out Julio Rodriguez and he will take on Randy orozarena but Marshawn Lynch looks like he’s getting a
Home run derby you see the chain he has on that’s coming at you I am getting out of the way it’s a focused look on Randy orozarena’s face very focused when does it not when he has his arms crossed yeah all right so a minute 13 he’s got one of
Those that went 440 trying to buy himself wow an extra 30 seconds in this two-minute round he gets the extra one the 440. I think I think it’s really difficult to come out and beat him Arena well he’s starting to get on a bit of a Groove Here Again by flying those balls
To left and he is right now gassed with one minute left trying to regroup a little bit right here tremendous performance by Vlad 25 record for a final round record for a final round Vlad Guerrero trying to join his dad as a champion Randy Rosary has had so many
Gargantuan moments Mammoth swings in his short professional baseball career he needs 26 to take that off of Marshawn Lynch’s neck oh for five he hasn’t swung a bat in about 45 minutes in this environment he’s been underneath but it’s been about a 45 minute wait between
At bats yeah he’s starting to get on a pretty good roll right now though as Randy arose to rain it hasn’t gotten to that 440 yet he’s got nine he needs 25 14 in a minute uh you gotta you gotta go that’s two here we go that’s three oh man
He’s in a great spot he’s in a great spot with 30 to go but here comes the quantity he knows what he needs to get I mean all the players right now are on their feet oh popped it up gotta have one I don’t think he did it he did not do it
Brad Guerrero Junior will hang on and win the 2023 T-Mobile Home Run Derby
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