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Alec Bohm Did Well at the Home Run Derby, Which Lasted for 10 Hours
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Alec Bohm had the longest odds to win Monday night’s Home Run Derby, but finished a semifinalist after tying Teoscar Hernandez in the final four. He started with 21 homers in the first round, then sat for two hours before bowing out 16-15 using tiebreaker rules that MLB did not actually follow:
The MLB messed up and didn’t even follow their own new rules. Bohm and Hernandez should’ve been given 60 seconds each. pic.twitter.com/1afW7ncpUb
— BirdGang🦅 (@GordonsWord) July 16, 2024
Those were the written rules, but instead organizers gave Hernandez and Bohm three swings each. Hernandez hit two out of the park to finish with 16 total and Bohm hit one to finish with 15.
No matter. Bohm did well. Tied for the most homers in the first round and then lost in OT to the eventual champ. He had more home runs than Pete Alonso and Marcell Ozuna. Not bad for a guy who hits doubles.
As for the format and the event itself, it wasn’t bad. Timed rounds followed by a three-out session, which broke it up into two parts. It just took too damn long to complete. The event started at 8 p.m. and Bohm didn’t go up to the plate for his semifinal round until after 10 p.m., so he was colder than a witch teat when he finally got a chance to hit again.
“How bout that? Just like everybody thought.” 😂
Alec Bohm’s reaction after being the first to advance to the HR derby semifinals 😅 pic.twitter.com/uzcVPUhssC
— ESPN (@espn) July 16, 2024
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com