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Originally Posted by Crown@club
Not to downplay Bonds ability, but the HR derby didn't show anything. Pitchers were throwing 75mph at best (I doubt many were faster than 70mph) will need the batter every ounce of ability to hit HRs. Its totally different than hitting 82mph sliders and 88mph+ fastballs out.
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Agreed! But with the hottest(?) lefthanded hitters up there 1 ball went to McCovey Cove. All the players said that the park was hardest in MLB to hit one out, and BB does it with relative ease.