Good morning, all! We\u2019re still basking in the glow of the eight glorious World Baseball Classic games yesterday, and guess what? We get eight more today, and then seven more tomorrow and Monday, respectively, before the fire hose of baseball is turned down a bit. But for now, here\u2019s how it feels:<\/p>\n
Anyway, we\u2019re keeping it simple for our prompt today. The eight winning teams outscored their opponents yesterday by a combined margin of 76-13, and there were subsequently a whole bunch of awesome dingers! Which one would you describe as the most explosive?<\/p>\n
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You\u2019ll notice that we used a word that should be almost entirely objective. It\u2019s just a question of which was most aesthetically impressive to you and made your jaw drop the most. One of those \u201cyou know it when you see it\u201d kind of deals. Now, how about some contenders?<\/p>\n
Shohei Ohtani<\/p>\n
View Link<\/a><\/p>\n Javier Sanoja<\/p>\n View Link<\/a><\/p>\n Aaron Judge<\/p>\n View Link<\/a><\/p>\n Junior Caminero<\/p>\n View Link<\/a><\/p>\n Oneil Cruz<\/p>\n View Link<\/a><\/p>\n Stuart Fairchild<\/p>\n View Link<\/a><\/p>\n These were all fun homers to watch for their own unique reasons, and I will say that Sanoja\u2019s makes me laugh the most. But with all due respect to the Captain\u2019s blast in Houston and Cruz\u2019s absolute moonshot, there\u2019s something about Caminero\u2019s that just really blows me away. It might just be because it kind of broke the ballgame with bang, as it went from a tense 3-3 matchup to a Dominican lead, and they just kept their feet on the gas pedal until it was over (enabling Cruz\u2019s howitzer).<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Oh, and I just have to say: Congrats to Jos\u00e9 Contreras<\/a> and Manny Ramirez\u2019s<\/a> kids on showing out against Team USA for Brazil at ages 17 and 20, respectively. Eye-opening stuff against a loaded ballclub like that! Now if you\u2019ll excuse me, I\u2019m off to take some Advil and steadfastly refusing to consider where I was in my own life when those kiddos were born.<\/p>\n