The 1999 Home Run Derby is tonight, July 1st! See who takes home the crown this year in the battle of the bammers. The participants this year are:
Watch along on our YouTube channel.
* denotes player-controlled team
Yankees 56-39 *
Red Sox 56-40 *
Blue Jays 55-42 *
Orioles 50-47
Rays 33-64
Tigers 56-41 *
Twins 53-45
Guardians 48-49
Royals 42-55
White Sox 41-55 *
Astros 55-40 *
Mariners 51-47 *
Rangers 49-48
Athletics 48-49
Angels 36-60
Mets 54-42 *
Braves 52-45
Marlins 49-47
Expos 47-50 *
Phillies 39-57
Reds 59-37 *
Brewers 51-44
Cubs 43-53 *
Pirates 40-56
Cardinals 38-59
Diamondbacks 59-37 *
Dodgers 51-45 *
Giants 50-45 *
Padres 47-50
Rockies 38-58
Divergent League doesn’t stop at the Player Draft, we also do a second pick for the bottom 20% of teams in the league by win % at the All-Star Break. This year the 3 Hardship Draft teams are:
The managers of these teams will be able to pick any player from any non-player controller team to add to their roster, starting immediately after the All-Star Game. It’s going to be an interesting last half of the season!
You can catch the replay on our Twitch channel.
This season’s All-Star game was close in the scorecard but never really in doubt. The National League All-Stars won on the strength of home runs from Matt Williams (clip) and John Kruk (clip).
Tonight’s games will be at 1pm PST and another at 4pm PST and will feature Cubs .vs. Reds and Mets .vs. Mariners. Come see the first game for the new-look Mets with Mark McGwire. New Mariner Mike Mussina will likely be on the mound for the Ms.
It’s All-Star Weekend and the home run derby last night was a dinger-filled affair with several shots over the 500-foot mark. The Big Hurt took the trophy home for the White Sox after besting Mark McGwire in the finals. You can catch the full Derby in the Divergent League Archives. More on Big Mac’s future in a moment.
Frank Thomas won the derby after defeating Mike Piazza and Barry Bonds on his way to the finals against Mark McGwire who likewise took down Matt Williams and Rafi Palmiero. Congrats to the Big Hurt.
The 1993 Hardship Draft has concluded and it involved some huge moves with deep implications for the rest of the season.
McGwire is leading the league in home runs, tied with Frank Thomas. Mike Mussina is front-runner for the Cy Young award. Things just got a little more interesting.
Tonight is the All-Star Game! We’ll see you at 6pm pacific time on https://twitch.tv/extrafuture
The All-Star Game broadcasts tomorrow, Feb 13, at 6:00pm PST.
The Hardship Draft winners have been chosen, and will make their picks in this order:
A lot of players are in… play this year, so we could see some big changes in the second half. Look for the picks to be announced this evening during the Home Run Derby.
Here are the seeds for tonight’s Home Run Derby:
Join us starting at 6pm PST for some Dingers tonight at https://twitch.tv/extrafuture
AL East
AL Central
AL West
NL East
NL Central
NL West
Howdy sports fans, you may have noticed that we skipped yesterday’s scheduled games. We’re adjusting the streaming schedule a bit this week to accommodate the upcoming All-Star Weekend festivities. Here’s the schedule for this week:
We hope you’ll join us at the usual place, https://twitch.tv/extrafuture