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Related: About this forumNo Rockies in the Home Run Derby
...Arenado is likely to be selected to the All-Star Game, though not as a starter for the National League, but he said he won't be taking his hacks in the derby.
"I just think it would be too much, if I make my first All-Star Game," Arenado said.
Arenado added that he didn't want to "mess with my swing," by participating in the Home Run Derby.
Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, who was captain of the NL derby team last summer in Minneapolis, said he has no plans to compete in the near future, at least not until his 18-month-old son, Taz, is old enough to remember the event and enjoy it...
http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_28425889/rockies-not-participating-home-run-derby
What a waste.
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No Rockies in the Home Run Derby (Original Post)
El Supremo
Jul 2015
OP
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)1. Because the All-Star Game isn't at Humidor Field?
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)2. Who fucking cares, ace reporter. nt
Auggie
(31,184 posts)3. Never "got" this event and never will
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)6. I'll admit that it hasn't been the same since Kirby Puckett.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)4. I do like the misery index, though.
http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_28384514/colorado-rockies-misery-index
How come the Sox don't have one?
How come the Sox don't have one?
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)5. Sad Dinger