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Time's Up! MLB nixes clock for Home Run Derby
Key takeaways
- NEW YORK -- Baseball's Home Run Derby is eliminating the clock.
- Each hitter will have 20 swings in the first round of this year's contest at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park on July 13, Major League Baseball said Thursday.
- A player who homers on swing 20 will keep on swinging until he doesn't connect for a long ball.
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NEW YORK -- Baseball's Home Run Derby is eliminating the clock.
Each hitter will have 20 swings in the first round of this year's contest at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park on July 13, Major League Baseball said Thursday. The change coincides with a switch in broadcaster to Netflix from ESPN, which had televised the event since 1994.
A player who homers on swing 20 will keep on swinging until he doesn't connect for a long ball. The top four hitters advance, with distance of the longest homer used as a tiebreaker.
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