Tuesday night drinking with the scouts

 Tonight Elijah Craig is joined by Johnny Walker, George Dickel and Jack Daniels

  Elijah: Since the home run derby was yesterday, I thought we might like to to spend some time talking about it.
  George: First thing I'd like to say is, who picked these people. they left Crosby, Paul, Nieves and Lofton on the on deck circle; so to speak.
  Jack: It's an exhibition, George. For crying out loud why are you always so negative. Nobody is going to remember who won the homer derby this time next year. It's all for fun, folks who can't afford tickets to the all star game get to see something and TV gets to kill some summer reruns with something new.
  Johnny: You mean it's all about money.
  Jack: Exactually.
  Elijah: Johnny have you noticed, just having George and Jack in the same room draws the discussion off course. Guys are we going to discuss the home run derby or marketing?
  Jack: It speaks loudly to how players are being developed that nobody over 30 was in the derby and only two were over 27.
  Johnny: Yea, this is a league with a lot of special young players.
  George: What surprised me was that Jeimer Ortega had 31 homers at this point in the season and only managed 3 in the first round. I would have loved to see him and Yan Nunez going at in the final round. They both had 31 entering the all star break. An old guy like Ortega(30) against a youngster like Nunez(25).
   Johnny: Speaking of age, do you think we have ever had two 22 year olds in the derby in the same year before? Memphis' Markus Roth and Scottsdale's Cameron Burns with ridiculously power at that age.
   George: Probably, a lot of the derby is about marketing the young up and comers to create interests for the coming years.
   Jack: Elijah,  George starts about marketing again. Aren't we supposed to be talking about the event and the results.
   Elijah: We are and we will. You understand George?        George don't leave!
   George: I'm not, I'm just going to get another bottle. I'm almost out.
   Johnny: It did seem to me that the really young guys got caught up in the moment and didn't have their best day. three of the four eliminated in the first round were under 25.
   Jack: The one we haven't mentioned by name so far is Cy Eaton. Wow, the Voodoo have a good one in him. Last season he hit 39 for the whole year and this year he already has 27.
   George: Some of that is picc818 relocating his franchise to Vancouver. Oklahoma City is where crushed fly balls become outs. It was really smart of pic to move to a location to accentuate the talents of his young players.
   Johnny: Did you say Eaton hit 39 playing his half a season in Oklahoma City?
   Jack: Yes That is what I said.
   Johnny: Oh what will he do when he's 27 and in Vancouver?
   Elijah: Time to wrap this up boys, I'm getting sleepy. Last thoughts.
   George: I think it's weird that the top four from the first round advance regardless of their league. I think it would be more interesting if you took two from each league. That would have Roth advance instead of Nunez.
   Jack: We've been talking for what a half an hour and nobody has mentioned champion Louis Howard. He's hit 40 or more homers the last four seasons and is on pace to do it again this year. You look in dictionary under the word consistent and you see his picture.
   George: Jack, did you really just say that. That is the worst cliche. Get better material.
   Jack: Shut up George.
   Elijah: You get the last word Johnny.
   Johnny: Just looking at the standings; it seems only Ortega is playing for a team in a close race. Sometimes it seems the derby messes up a player swing and he regresses as the season goes to its conclusion. Seventy_77 better hope it doesn't happen to Jeimer. My guess is that Toronto needs him to hit fifty to overtake mosley80 and the Hot Mess.
   Elijah: Good night, see you tomorrow.