Pete Alonso wins another Home Run Derby, the commish talks, and a second half preview
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Eno, Britt & DVR discuss Pete Alonso's second Home Run Derby crown, commissioner Rob Manfred's media session from All-Star week, and their expectations for each division and Wild Card race for the second half of the season.
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| 0:00.0 | He's having a blinder. He's clipped the post. He's looking formidable. Then... |
| 0:09.0 | His game might be over, but yours isn't. |
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| 0:55.2 | Derek Van Riper, |
| 1:00.7 | Bridgerola, Enosaris, here with you on this Tuesday. Yes, Tuesday, July 13th. On this episode, we will discuss the theatrics of Pete Alonzo during Monday night's home run derby. We have comments |
| 1:07.5 | from Commissioner Rob Manfred in one of his twice annual meetings with the media |
| 1:12.7 | in a typical year two times is what he said. He made good on that earlier the day on Tuesday, |
| 1:16.7 | so we'll dissect some of the comments made by the commissioner. And we will take a look ahead to |
| 1:22.1 | the second half, kind of go division by division, talk about some expectations for the second |
| 1:26.7 | half of the season. |
| 1:28.9 | But we have to begin. |
| 1:30.3 | It is critical that we begin with Pete Alonzo because this guy looks like he's built for |
| 1:36.7 | home run derbies after what we saw last night. |
| 1:38.6 | There were plenty of impressive bats in the field, a lot of great matchups, a lot of fun. I'm jealous of both of you |
| 1:46.0 | because you got to watch everything unfold live in person. And I think it's one of those |
| 1:51.9 | events that's actually a lot easier to watch in person than it is on TV. The split screen thing, |
| 1:56.7 | you know, it's okay, but it's actually kind of hard to track what happens with the ball |
| 2:00.1 | after it was hit. |
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