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Will Ferrell is pictured at the Home Run Derby on July 13. Getty Images<\/p>\nFans are fed up with the Home Run Derby, and it isn\u2019t because of the new format. <\/p>\n
Several fans took to X to express their displeasure with comedian Will Ferrell being on the Netflix broadcast for the event, especially after he began the night at Citizens Bank Ballpark on Monday, asking: \u201cAre you ready to watch some balls go very far into the air?\u201d <\/p>\n
It\u2019s the streaming service\u2019s first time broadcasting the Home Run Derby. <\/p>\n
Ferrell was joined by Luke Wilson and Jimmy Tatro during player intros. <\/p>\n
Will Ferrell is pictured at the Home Run Derby on July 13. Getty Images<\/p>\n
All three are in the new Netflix series \u201cThe Hawk.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI love Will Ferrell, he\u2019s arguably the most important comedic figure of my childhood. Hearing him instead of Chris Berman at the Derby breaks my heart,\u201d one fan wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not sure if this is a hot take or not, but I find will ferrell insufferable. instant turn off anything he\u2019s in,\u201d added another fan<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cBen Rice was in diapers the last time Will Ferrell was funny please don\u2019t put him on my screen again,\u201d a third wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t just Ferrell sparking a fan outrage. It was also Netflix and its camera work.<\/p>\n \u201cthey fixed the Derby format, it\u2019s pretty much perfect, but Netflix is giving the worst camera angles imaginable for 90% of swings,\u201d a fan wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy is the Netflix broadcast literally showing ONLY THE BP THROWER on some swings what the hell,\u201d another person wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cthis has been one of the worst home run derby broadcasts I have ever watched. they\u2019re straight up not showing many of the swings. no exit velocity. taking the wrong camera constantly. putrid stuff from ye olde Netflix,\u201d a third typed<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another fan on X was outraged that Netflix didn\u2019t show exit velocity and basic launch angle metrics on every homer hit in the Derby. <\/p>\n The fan added that any national broadcast would\u2019ve done a better job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans are fed up with the Home Run Derby, and it isn\u2019t because of the new format. Several…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,1017,4,40646,185,31600],"class_list":["post-751229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-home-run-derby","tag-mlb","tag-netflix","tag-sports","tag-will-ferrell"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116916384435514326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Will](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-215955.png\")
Will Ferrell, Luke Wilson, and Jimmy Tatro at the Home Run Derby. Screengrab<\/p>\n