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High five: Home run derby

By Jeff Caraska

jcaraska@sacbee.com
Chris Berman’s call of “back, back, back, back, back” has become synonymous – or monotonous – with the All-Star Home Run Derby.
Chris Berman’s call of “back, back, back, back, back” has become synonymous – or monotonous – with the All-Star Home Run Derby. John Shearer Invision/The Associated Press

Ways Major League Baseball can really improve its Home Run Derby:

  • Aluminum bats and tennis balls.
  • Outfielders with 12-foot butterfly nets.
  • Special piñata round.
  • Live pitching, not that lob-it-in-there stuff.
  • Limit ESPN’s Chris Berman to one "back, back, back, back, back" call per round. Please.

This story was originally published June 30, 2015 at 1:57 PM with the headline "High five: Home run derby."

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