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00:00Can we go back to the old format for the Home Run Derby, please?

00:04Like, I could put up with the jerseys and all the funky other stuff that's out there,

00:08but camera angles and timing each round.

00:11Let's just keep it simple when it comes to the format.

00:13Baseball Twitter can't agree on anything,

00:15but last night was the most bipartisan response to a Home Run Derby of all time.

00:20I think Congress should take note.

00:21I'm all for protecting the players and not putting too much on their bodies for just an exhibition,

00:26but MLB measuring the distance down to the last decimal?

00:30Instead of letting two of the biggest sluggers in the game in Cal Rally

00:34and Brent Rooker duke it out like the old days,

00:37that absolutely robbed the fans of a classic throwback moment in the Home Run Derby,

00:42i.e. Josh Hamilton at Yankee Stadium.

00:45The entertainment, the analytics, the numbers, I get it.

00:49But next year, just round that issue up to the nearest tenth and let them do what they do.

00:53That's something that I think we all can agree on.