The Homerun Derby Is Back, Back, Back!

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Diamond Hoggers found this 7/14/2008 on awfulannouncing.blogspot.com [flag]
I really have no idea why I watch the nonsense that is the Homerun Derby every single year, but it's almost become a rite of passage for me. Every year Chris Berman gets more and more ridiculous and the recent of Joe Morgan has made the broadcast borderline unbearable, but for some reason I watch every minute. Well there's good news for those of you who like train wrecks! The duo of Berman ... [link]

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Chris Berman is gonna bathe you in verbal defecation tonight
Published 7/14/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (TheNaturalMevs) at Diamond Hoggers
Mentally prepare yourselves ladies and gentlemen. Chris Berman is in the building, and he's not going home until he's driven us all mad. If you watch the Home Run Derby presented by State Farm each year like we do then you are aware of Chris Berman's Bermanisms that he brings out each year in hopes of sounding cute or clever. For example just from the 2007 Derby: “It could be a national “Holiday” by ...

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